Brown, Wade Houston "JACK", of Bessemer, AL, born October 19, 1926 in Tuscaloosa, AL, passed away on Thursday, August 28, 2008. He married his soul mate, Mary E. "Kate" Jeffrey on April 28, 1950. He resided in Bessemer for 42 years, and in Birmingham for 19 years prior. He served in the US Army Air Force as a flight trainee. He graduated from Phillips High School and attended the University of Alabama on the GI bill. His career in transportation began at L&N Railroad, then to Malone Freight Lines and to Mason & Dixon Tank Lines. He later owned Bandco Transportation Service. He played recreational softball with several area teams, and was once an avid bowler, golfer and fisherman. He followed University of Alabama football and Atlanta Braves baseball. He served as Worshipful Master of Central Park Masonic Lodge 808 and lived by principles of Freemasonry; he later belonged to Pleasant Grove Lodge 909. He was a member of Scottish Rite and was a Shriner. He was a loving, devoted husband, father, Peepaw and friend who will be greatly missed. Funeral Services will be held at Valhalla Funeral Home on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 3:30 pm with burial in Valhalla Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 30, 2008 from 2:00 until 3:30 pm. Pallbearers will be members of his masonic lodge. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ruby B. McGraw of East Lansing, Michigan; grandparents, Marion & Lula Tannehill Barton of Tuscaloosa and brother, Billy Pat McGraw of East Lansing, Michigan. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mary E. "Kate" Brown; two daughters, Deborah K. Brown and Lindie K. Brown of Anniston; one granddaughter, Layla B. Rosenow and husband Chris; one great-granddaughter, Kaylen Rosenow; one sister, Sally Rowland-Ketley and husband John; one brother, John McGraw and wife Chris. Special thanks to the nurses and staff of Self Nursing Home.