Bobby Earl Wade was born on October 11, 1955, to the late Eddie Lee Wade and the late Vina Dean Wade.

He joined Saint Luke CME Church at an early age. He was a choir member and attended regularly until he became ill. He attended Thomasville High School. He later moved to Saint Petersburg, FL, where he worked as a Tile Layer for many years. He also worked for the City of Saint Petersburg as a Sanitation Worker. He moved back to Thomasville, GA, and worked as a Lawn Service Laborer until he became ill and subsequently became a resident of Camellia Gardens of Life Care.

He departed this life at Archbold Medical Center.

He is preceded in death by his brothers, Thomas Lee Wade and Dean Martin Wade, his loving and caring grandmother, Emma Way Thomas, and his grandfather, Will Homer.

He is survived by his brother, Rev Willie Wade (Carolyn) of Cairo GA; sister, Verna Dean Sneed (Jerry) of Thomasville, GA; brother, Edward Kerry Wade of Thomasville, GA; brother, Bradford Wade (Tina) of St. Petersburg FL; a devoted nephew, Edward Lee Wade of Thomasville GA, and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.