Joanne Mcclellan Wade
October 20, 1929 — July 23, 2010
Joanne McClellan Wade
October 20, 1929-
July 23, 2010
Joanne McClellan Wade, 80, of Fortson, GA died Friday, July 23, 2010 at Columbus Hospice House.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at McMullen Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Gene Boyd and Reverend Bob Hawkins officiating. A private interment will be held at Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 5 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home 3874 Gentian Blvd. Columbus, GA 31907.
Mrs. Wade was born October 20, 1929 in Columbus, GA daughter of the late Franklin Bowden McClellan and Madelle Bird McClellan. She retired after 33 years working in the Traffic Department for Southern Bell Telephone Company. She helped start and operate Growing Room Child Development Center for ten years from the beginning in 1989, which is owned and operated by her daughter and son-in-law, Sheree and Pat Mitchell. She was a member of the Telephone Pioneers and the Eastern Star. Mrs. Wade was a member of First Baptist Church of Phenix City, AL for 76 years.
Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William â
October 20, 1929-
July 23, 2010
Joanne McClellan Wade, 80, of Fortson, GA died Friday, July 23, 2010 at Columbus Hospice House.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at McMullen Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Gene Boyd and Reverend Bob Hawkins officiating. A private interment will be held at Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 5 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home 3874 Gentian Blvd. Columbus, GA 31907.
Mrs. Wade was born October 20, 1929 in Columbus, GA daughter of the late Franklin Bowden McClellan and Madelle Bird McClellan. She retired after 33 years working in the Traffic Department for Southern Bell Telephone Company. She helped start and operate Growing Room Child Development Center for ten years from the beginning in 1989, which is owned and operated by her daughter and son-in-law, Sheree and Pat Mitchell. She was a member of the Telephone Pioneers and the Eastern Star. Mrs. Wade was a member of First Baptist Church of Phenix City, AL for 76 years.
Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William â
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