Funeral for former Lawton resident Beverly Rice Wade, 86, Norman will be at 1:30 PM Tuesday at the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Gary Pratt, associate pastor at First Assembly of God officiating. Mrs. Wade died Friday in Norman. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. She was born July 24, 1924 in Lawton to Wilbur Russell and Lucille (Hamilton) Rice. Mrs. Wade graduated from Lawton High School and then attended Sullins College in Bristol, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Journalism. She married James Philip Wade on June 27, 1949 in Lawton. He died November 4, 2000. Survivors include a son; James Christopher Wade and his wife Vanita, Yukon, two daughters; Hillary Wade Neil, San Antonio, Texas and Elena Wade Stromnes and her husband Bruce, Fletcher, four grandchildren; Dr. Audra Welch Scearce and her husband Joe, Norman, David Wade and his wife Jennifer, Switzerland and Philip Wade and Tori Wade, both of Phoenix, Arizona, four great grandchildren, William David Scearce and Alexandra Elizabeth Scearce, both of Norman and Chloe Chiara Wade and Griffin Douglas Wade, both of Switzerland, a sister, Janice Grogan and her husband Gene, Potomac, Maryland, a nephew; Patrick Grogan and his wife Dana, Tulsa and two nieces; Lisa Sams and her husband Jim, Bethesda, Maryland and Suzanne Lipscomb and her husband Jay, Dallas, Texas. She is preceded in death by her husband. Memorial contributions may be made to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104