Updated: 6/10/20


Mary Arnell Cotham Wade of the Bodenham Community passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at her home.  She was born in Campbellsville on October 2, 1935 and was 84 years old.

She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, retired from the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, a beloved member of the First Missionary Baptist Church, Bodenham and a church mother, She taught BTU until her health failed and she loved her Bodenham family and friends.

Visitation will be on Friday, June12th  from 6:00pm until 7:00pm with a memorial service to follow at 7:00pm at Greater Richland Missionary Baptist Association Building.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Leon R. Wade, parents, Orddie and Martha Tidwell Cotham, grandson, Ricardo Cotham Stangeland and son-in-law, Gary Sweatt.

She is survived by her

Son, Leon Ricarodo Wade Jr. and wife Carol of Pulaski

Daughter, Laurie Ann Wade and special friend, Phil Stangeland of Bodenham Community

Daughter, Audry Antoinette Sweatt of Nashville

Grandchildren, Jonathan W. Sweatt, Michael R. Sweatt and Adriane N.L. Sweatt.

4 Great-grandchildren

Special friend, Janie Sherill

A host of cousins, nephews, nieces, and friends also survive.

Bennett-May & Pierce Funeral Home and Crematory in charge of arrangements for Mary Arnell Cothan Wade.