Wade William Dearman Sr.

Funeral services for Wade William Dearman Sr. will be held in the chapel of Hixson Brothers, Alexandria, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 2, with the Rev. David Boothe officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Ball. Visitation begins at the funeral home at 9 a.m. A loving husband, father and grandfather, Wade William Dearman, 81, of Baton Rouge, passed away Friday, May 29, 2009, at his home. Mr. Dearman, an avid bass fisherman, worked in the school system for 39 years. He was a football coach for 18 years having coached at Kentwood, Franklinton and Bolton High School. Mr. Dearman was an assistant principal at Bolton High School and coordinator of Migrant Education and Vocations Education for Rapides Parish School Board. He was also the first assistant principal at Alexandria Senior High. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest H. and Eva Mae Rouse Dearman. Those left to cherish his memory include his wife of 56 years, Mary Dearman; daughter, Dianne Sykora and husband Jim; sons, Bill Dearman and wife Janet, and Clay Dearman and wife Katie; six grandchildren, Jon and Jay Sykora, Matthew and Steven Dearman and Nicholas and Jo Katherine Dearman; brothers, Aven V. Dearman and wife Marvene, Earnest C. Dearman and wife Gerri, and Donald D. Dearman and wife Maxine. Pallbearers will be Jon Sykora, Jay Sykora, Joe Arabie, Matthew Dearman, Steven Dearman and Nicholas Dearman. Honorary pallbearers are Aubrey Sanders, Jesse Doyle and Dr. Tom Robinson.