Background
Wade, Edwin Carter was born on August 29, 1885 in Farmville, Virginia, United States.
Wade, Edwin Carter was born on August 29, 1885 in Farmville, Virginia, United States.
Bachelor of Arts, Hampden-Sydney College, 1907. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1912.
Principal Boydton (Virginia) High School, 1907-1909. Instructor in history, Hoboken (New Jersey) Academy, 1911-1912. Headmaster, Cedarcroft School, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 1912-1917.
Superintendent of schools, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1917-1921, 1923-1934, Florence, South Carolina., 1921-1923.
Instructor Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina., 1922-1923, Concord College, Athens, West Virginia, 1927-1928. President Bluefield College, 1934-1946.
President Andrew-Crowell Company, Community Realty Company, Easley-Wilson Company. Director Bank of Matoaka.
Vice president Community Savings & Loan Company, First Federal Building & Loan Company.
Member of Mercer County Real Estate Board. Commissioner to general assembly Presbyterian Church in United States of America, 1926-1945. President West Virginia Society of Crippled Children, 1947-1948.
Member of advisory board Salvation Army, since 1924, chairman, 1940-1941.
Member board directors Blufield chapter, American Red Cross, since 1930, chairman, 1948-1949. Member Bluefield Chamber of Commerce (treasurer 1954), National Education Association, Kappa Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Sons of the American Revolution (president West Virginia, society 1935-1938).
Clubs: Rotary (governor 24th District Rotary International 1932-1933), Executives (president), University.
Married Ernestine Barger, October 11, 1922. Children: Edwin Carter, Daisy Caldwell.