Background
Wade, Mary Louise Powell was born on September 25, 1932 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Gamaliel Wyatte Holmes and Lucy Maxwell (Sloan) Powell.
Wade, Mary Louise Powell was born on September 25, 1932 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Gamaliel Wyatte Holmes and Lucy Maxwell (Sloan) Powell.
Student Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, 1984-1985. Graduated from Saint Paul Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, 1987.
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, 1987. Speech therapist Moultrie Georgia Speech Clinic, 1954-1955, University Tennessee Speech and Hearing Center, 1955-1956, Jackson County Exceptional School, 1957-1958. Vending machine sales Morrisons Company, Pascagoula, 1974.
Newspaper dealer, Clarion Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, 1974-1975.
Audiologist, hearing aid salesman Beltone Company, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1975-1977. Receptionist Singing River Mental Health Services, Pascagoula, 1977.
Youth services counselor Jackson County Youth Court, Mississippi Department Youth Services, Pascagoula, 1977-1984, also chief counselor, probation officer Night manager North.E.W.S. Shelter for Battered Women, 1985-1987.
Youth minister Grace Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, 1985-1986.
Stated supply pastor Argentine Presbyterian and John Calvin Presbyterian churches, Kansas City, Kansas, 1987-1991, pastor, since 1989. Neighborhood chairman Girl Scouts, 1958-1968. Trombonist Gulf Coast Symphony, 1981-1984.
Assistant coach Aquatic Club swim team, 1960-1970.
Director youth choir 1st Presbyterian Church, Pascagoula. Instructor water safety American Red Cross.
Rape crisis counselor Gulfcoast Women"s Center, Biloxi, Mississippi. Member Pas-Point Singers.
Secretary Urban Ministry Network Board, Kansas City, Missouri, 1987-1989.
Board directors Franklin Community Center, Kansas City, Kansas, 1989, Interfaith Ministry-Indian Springs Mall, Kansas City. Clergy Argentine Ministerial Alliance, Kansas City.
Member Mississippi Association Clinical Counselors, State Employees Association Mississippi.
Married Walter B. Wade, August 25, 1956 (divorced July 1980). Children: Susan Sloan Wade Massey, Holly Bibb Wade Crane, Walter Wyatte.