Glenn C. "Curt" Wade

April 11, 1935 - January 20, 2013

Big Stone Gap, VA Glenn C. "Curt" Wade, 77, passed away on (Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013) at his home following a short illness and went to his heavenly home. Glenn was born on April 11, 1935 in Big Stone Gap, Va. He was the son of the late Glenn Jones Wade and Martha Josephine Wade and brother of the late Jimmy Wade. He was a coal miner with the Westmoreland Coal Company, and a member of the U.M.W.A. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Curt loved flying planes. He was a member of Williams Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church in Big Stone Gap. Survivors include his loving wife of 37 years, Mary Wade; one son, Glenn C. Wade, Jr., and his wife, Jessica of Bardstown, KY; a daughter, Amy Dailey of Big Stone Gap; a step-son, Bo Blanken, and his wife, Joyce of Hendersonville, NC; and a step-daughter, Angie Maxwell, and her husband, Glennis, of Kingsport, TN; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; a sister, Ann and her husband, Glenn Sturgill of Norton, VA. The visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Friday (Jan. 25, 2013) at Holding Funeral Home (17 E. 3rd St. N.) in Big Stone Gap. The funeral service will follow the visitation in the chapel of Holding Funeral Home with Pastors Sandra Jones, Jimmy Mitchell and Carolyn Smith officiating Military rites, by local V.F.W., D. A. V. posts and the VA National Guard Honors team, will follow at the Glencoe Mausoleum. **Note: Due to incliment weather, the military rites and committal service have been moved to Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Glencoe Cemetery Mausoleum. Pallbearers will be; Chase Blanken, Glennis Maxwell, Shawn Bentoski, Eric Jones, Robert Bishop, and Jerry Underwood, Jr. An online register is available for the Wade family at www.holdingfuneralhome.com Holding Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mr. Wade