The late Robert T. Wade

Wade began printing when he was in ninth grade and continued until he was drafted into the U.S. Navy after graduating high school. He was in the Navy for two years, then attended Alabama A & M. After college, Wade worked for The Hale County News in Moundville. He started his own business, Wade Printing, in 1953, and ran it until he became ill in 2015.  He and his late wife raised seven children.