Joanne McClellan Wade

Joanne McClellan Wade October 20, 1929 - July 23, 2010 FORTSON, GA — 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. She 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 "Bill" A. Wade and her sister, Patsy McClellan Harrison. Survivors include her daughter, Sheree W. and son-in-law, Pat Mitchell of Fortson, GA; son, William Franklin "Tommy" Wade of Hanover, PA; sisters, Betty M. and husband, Henry Greer of Columbus, GA, Camille M. and husband, Jim Dunaway of Pensacola, FL and Cecille M. and husband, James A. McMullen of Columbus, GA; grandchildren, Brad and wife, Brittany Haines of Columbus, GA, Corbin Wade of Hanover, PA and Dalton Wade of Hanover, PA; and great grandchildren, Joshua Haines, Maddie Haines, and Will Haines, all of Columbus, GA. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to Columbus Hospice House, 7020 Moon Rd., Columbus, GA 31909 www.columbushospice.com Those who wish may sign the on-line guest registry at www.mcmullenfuneralhome.com