Yettiva J. Wade, 91, of New Castle passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020 at her home. She was born February 5, 1929 in New Castle to the late Russell and Goldie (Wood) Thompson.
She was a 1947 graduate of New Castle High School and helped with every home coming event. She loved watching the New Castle Trojans girls and boys basketball and was a member of the New Castle Trojan Booster Club. Yettiva was a lifetime member of the Indy-BMW Motorcycle Riders Club and an avid bowler in New Castle and in Alabama. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene for many years.
She is survived by a daughter, Sharron Logan of New Castle; grandchildren, Suzzann (Monte) Bottoms, Melissa Savage, Angella Abrams, Amanda (James) Rich and Christin (Emily) Gibson; great-grandchildren, Shawn, Megan and Paige Bottoms, Alivia and Samantha Rich, Tatum Abrams, Andrea May, Autumn Wilburn and Emily Jennings; great-great grandchildren, Gracelynn Daniels, Jaelynn Wiggins-Bash, Greysen Bottoms, Jayden Jennings, Ryland May, Daniel Wilburn and James Jennings.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, T.R. Logan; second husband, Harry Wade in 2018, and by a son, Jeffrey Logan in 1997.
Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Mt. Zion Wesleyan Church with Pastors Dennis Hilton & Steve Arnett officiating. Burial will follow in South Mound Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service in New Castle. Memorial contributions may be made to the Yettiva J. Wade Memorial Fund, c/o Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service in New Castle. You may share a memory or condolence of Yettiva at
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