John Samuels Wade

John was born on April 22, 1965 to Bill and Mary Lou in Memphis, TN. After John graduated from Wooddale High School in 1983, he went on to study his life’s work.

John will forever be remembered by his passion for business. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Memphis State University in 1991. Then, at age 56, he attained his Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in 2021. Throughout his career John worked as a sales representative at Kent Automotive and Toyota. He retired from Fed Ex Corporate as an account executive in 2004.

John is preceded in death by his father William “Bill” Wade and his mother Mary Lou Wade Minor. He is survived by sister, Leigh Ann Wade Dunlap and his brother, William “Hugh” Wade, III (Angela).

A committal service will be held at 11:00am on Friday, July 28th at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, 3700 N. Germantown Rd, Bartlett, TN.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.MemphisFuneralGermantownParkway.com for the Wade family.