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Vol. 34, No. 35 | Richmond Suburban Newspapers | January 3, 2018
Colleagues recall From rock bottom to success Wade’s devotion County native shares story of ups and downs and finding a calling to serving county By Logan Barry for The Mechanicsville Local
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By Michael O’Connor Richmond Times-Dispatch MECHANICSVILLE -- It’s not every day that a county supervisor picks up trash off the side of the road, but that’s exactly the kind of thing longtime Hanover County supervisor Elton Jefferson Wade Sr. was known to do. “People would call about a dead animal on the side of the road,� Sterling Rives, Hanover’s county attorney, said. “Rather than have someone go pick it up, he would.� Mr. Wade died Sunday leaving a legacy of service that played out in his role as a dedicated, pavement-pounding public servant and as a foster parent who cared for 23 children. Mr. Wade was a longtime Hanover school bus driver and traffic crossing guard.
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Elton Wade Sr. is shown at his last meeting of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors in 2015.
“Because of his dedication and principles, staff members referred to him as ‘the conscience of the Board,’� Rives said. “Wade was the consummate public servant.�
SHLAND -Landing a job in Hollywood can be considered reserved for only the most talented of actors, television personalities or musically talented individuals in the world. Former Hanover High School student and Patrick Henry High School graduate Wade Davis, a talent manager, recently talked about his impressive and tasking career, in addition to the story he lived through getting to where he is now. Davis, 27, a native of Montpelier, found that all he needed to do was follow his passion and be committed to working his hardest, and he didn’t need to be a star to do it. “I had no idea that a kid
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Wade Davis, a Montpelier native, has found success as a talent agent after a few years of finding his way out of the darkness.
from Montpelier, Virginia, could step into Hollywood
and find a way to support and make a life for himself,� Davis
said during a recent phone interview from Los Angeles. “It happened – and there’s nothing besides my urge to work really hard, to remain open, to accept feedback, and being open to commit to finding a way to make things work.� After graduating from PHHS in 2008, Davis was accepted into Coastal Carolina University. After time passed on the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, campus, he withdrew from his classes and started making some wrong turns in life. “I dropped out of college – I spent four years there and I probably got one year’s worth of courses done. I was getting in a lot of trouble while I was down there . . . I wasn’t living a very good life, and didn’t know what I wanted to do
see WADE’S, pg. 20
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