Robert "Buddy" McDade

Robert Edd "Buddy" McDade, 87, of Fordyce died Sunday April 28, 2013 at St. John's Place in Fordyce. Born April 19, 1926 at Fordyce, he was a son of the late Edd McDade and Vera Pierce McDade Veasey. He was a member of the West Fourth Street Church of Christ, a Navy Veteran of World War II, a licensed first class steam engineer, and worked at the Veteran's Hospital in Memphis. He was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie McDade. Survivors include a son, Gary McDade of Chattanooga, Tenn; three daughters, Shirley Yarbough of Dallas, Texas, Janelle Jones of Memphis, Tenn., Marilyn Simmons of West Memphis; two brothers, Lamar McDade of Watson Chapel, Charles McDade of Yuma, Ariz.; three sisters, Rachel Davenport of Lytle, Texas, Ruth Todd of Locust Bayou, Ora Lee McBride of North Little Rock; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Oakland Cemetery with Todd Easterling officiating. Arrangements by Benton Funeral Home of Fordyce. To sign the online register visit www.bentonfuneralhome.net.