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Submitted: 10/27/12 • Approved: 3/3/21 • Last Updated: 3/13/21 • R772834-G772834-S3
Maxwell
August 25, 1935 - June 15, 1991
Paula
August 26, 1938 - February 13, 2021
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Paula Marie Wade, 82, of Springdale, Ark., went to be with the Lord on February 13, 2021.
Paula was born on August 26, 1938, in Springdale, the daughter of Paul Eugene Smith and Wanda Margeurite Lynch Smith. She is preceded by her husband Maxwell Wade, her sister Mary Jo Moore, and her brother, Tommy Richard Smith. She worked for the Baldwin Piano Company and for J.B. Hunt where she retired. Paula loved animals, Elvis, playing solitaire, and her great-nieces.
She is survived by one brother, Raymond Smith and his wife Jeanne LeBer; niece Teresa Powers; great nephew, Matthew Neagles; and his daughter Suzanna; great niece, Marissa and her husband, Frank Santana and their daughters Abi and Lily.
Graveside services will be held at the Friendship Cemetery on Saturday, February 27, 2021, at 1 p.m. Arrangements are entrusted to the direction of the Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home of Springdale. To sign online guestbook please go to www.backstrom-pyeatte.com.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to Meals on Wheels or Spay Arkansas.
Married October 6, 1967
Contributed on 10/27/12 by wfields55
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