Myrtle Yeatts Wade

October 29, 1920 - December 23, 2019

Myrtle Yeatts Wade, 99, of Altavista passed away Monday, December 23, 2019 at Liberty Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late Herbert Lacy Wade for fifty-one years. To know her, you would know that there were three things very near and dear to her heart; FAITH. FAMILY (especially all of her grandbabies) and FISHING! The last survivor of thirteen children, she was born October 29, 1920 in Pittsylvania County the daughter of the late Robert Yeatts and Sabra Yeatts and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She is survived by a son, Melvin Eugene Wade of Altavista; two grandchildren, Tony Wade (Ellen) of Altavista and Kim Wade Cox (Richard) of Altavista; three great grandchildren, Dana Rice, Nicole Akers (Timmy), and Daniel Wade; and six great great grandchildren, Savannah, Aiden, Eli, Ryan, Hunter, and Maci. She was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Marie Wade; and a great grandson, Travis Cox. A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 29, 2019 at Calvary Baptist Church by Randolph Coffey and the Rev. Jeffrey Chapman with interment to follow in Altavista Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m., Saturday at Finch and Finch Funeral and Cremation Service, Altavista and other times at the residence of Kim Cox, 388 Penuel Lane, Altavista. The family suggests that those wishing to make memorials consider donations made to Calvary Baptist Church, 226 Riverbend Rd., Altavista, VA 24517.