Edna Montez (Tez) Wade, of The Villages, FL, was called home on September 26, 2016, following a courageous battle with Parkinson’s. Tez was born in Birmingham, Alabama, to the late Estle Homer Brooks and Lucille Brooks. The family moved to Washington, D.C. when she was six years old, and she graduated in 1954 from Bladensburg Senior High School. While working briefly at the U.S. Coast Guard, she married her life-long sweetheart, Jim, and they moved to Silver Spring, Maryland to raise their family of three girls. After a 25-year career at Insurance Associates, she retired as Vice President and Office Manager in 1998. She and Jim built a home in southern Maryland along the Wicomico River, where they lived until moving to The Villages, FL, in 2011. In June 2015, she and Jim celebrated their 60th anniversary. In her final year, she was lovingly cared for at the Brownwood Care Center in Wildwood, FL. Tez was devoted to her faith and her family and is survived by her husband James Wade; three daughters – Paula Wade Austin (John, d.), Susan Wade Welch (Tom), and Vicki Wade Clay (Roger Tasker); three grandsons – Jason Welch, Jameson Welch, and CJ Clay; a sister – Sybil Evans (Bill, d.); a brother – Marcus Brooks (Rachel, d.); and nieces and nephews. The family will hold a visitation on Friday, September 30, 2016, from 4 – 6 p.m. at Beyer’s Funeral Home located at 134 N US HWY 441, Lady Lake, FL 32159. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in memoriam to Edna Montez Wade to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (Address: Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 4777, New York, NY 10163; Website: https://www.michaeljfox.org; Tel: 1-800-708-7644.)
