E. "Bud" Cade

Services for E. Ras "Bud" Cade, 74, Chandler, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday at Chandler First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Stanley R. Copeland officiating.

Burial will be in Chandler Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Directors, Tyler.

Mr. Cade died July 16, 2007, in a Tyler hospice.

He was born June 15, 1933, in Chandler to Luster and Nettie Murl Cade. He was a lifelong cattleman, owner of the Tyler Auction Barn and later served as a cattle buyer for the L&H Co. He served four years in the Army during the Korean War, and was a member of Chandler Masonic Lodge and Chandler First United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Jack Luster Cade.

Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Helen Cade, Chandler; and son, Ras Cade, Chandler; sister, Alice Murl Kidd, Chandler; step-children, Steve Harris, Austin, and Susan Romo, Chandler; and four step-grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Don Copeland, Greg Kidd, Luster Kidd, Conley Cade, Tony Witt, Ben Howell, Don Forester and Charles Oliver.

Honorary pallbearers are Curtis Malone, Joe Chapman, B.T. Tindle, David Cox, Pee Wee Forester, Pat Hanna, Freddie Cade and John Wooten.

Memorials may be made to Chandler First United Methodist Building Fund, P.O. Box 69, Chandler, 75758 or to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, 75701.