Wade, Byron A. GILMER -- Services for Byron A. Wade, 98, of Gilmer, will be 2 p.m. Monday, January 30, 2006, at the Church of Jesus Christ LDS. Burial will be in Kelsey Cemetery of Kelsey. Arrangements are by Croley Funeral Home of Gilmer. Mr. Wade died January 21, 2006, in Kelsey. Born January 24, 1907, in Vanoss, Indian Territory of Oklahoma, he owned and operated grocery stores in Kansas and Oklahoma and was an ordained Patriarch of his church. Survivors include his children, Arnold Wade, Russell Wade, Jerry Wade, and Sue McKendrick. Visitation will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/29/2006.