all i can tell you is they said he was on his way from knoxville headed back to rome do have any other details as of yet he will be missed
Wade crane killed in car wreck last night
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God rest his soul.
This is BAD NEWS . He will be missed. Very sorry to hear this.
Man oh man it seems like every time your happy and having fun,its like clock work there is always something around the corner waiting to happen that is bad and sad,i guess thats just the way life is,great then suddenly terrible.That wade crane or billy johnson was with out any doubt the most feared 9 ball player to ever enter any room!GOD BLESS YOU MR.CRANE YOU WERE THE BEST!
Wade Crane
This is the worst of news, Wade played in many of mine and my brother Calvin's tournaments in Texarkana in the 90's, I always admired his stroke, only a hand full of players had a stroke like Crane.
I remember when I was a kid in the poolhall, this old man poolplayer called "Rip" had just returned from the "Johnson City" tournament and said Billy Johnson was playing lights out!, over the years I learned that Billy Johnson and Wade Crane were one in the same.
My prayers go out to his family, he will be missed.
David Harcrow
This is the worst of news, Wade played in many of mine and my brother Calvin's tournaments in Texarkana in the 90's, I always admired his stroke, only a hand full of players had a stroke like Crane.
I remember when I was a kid in the poolhall, this old man poolplayer called "Rip" had just returned from the "Johnson City" tournament and said Billy Johnson was playing lights out!, over the years I learned that Billy Johnson and Wade Crane were one in the same.
My prayers go out to his family, he will be missed.
David Harcrow
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Rest in peace
Very sad 
That's terrible news! I just feel awful right now. He was my buddy for going on forty years. What a great player, one of the all time best at 9-Ball and Banks. I feel real bad. I always called him Billy because that was the name I knew him by. VERY smart guy! He KNEW pool! DAMN!!!
OK this sux and it makes me sad. let's tell stories.
Here's my my pal Joe (junksecret here on AZ) got his original 1960s Gina leather cue case.
Joe is a young pool punk hanging in a room in Sacto, he's got a great Gina Titlist Domino cue and some Fellini-style case. Wade Crane and Cuban Joe are doing a road stop and come up to him and ask if he wants to trade cases. They have this great Gina case but its a little too small (Ernie made them small in diameter and then had a "move" for getting like 3 cues and a car stuffed in there) for what they want and Joe's case looks perfect. Joe says lets see if the cases fit and dumps his stuff out. Wade shows Joe how to load his Gina and shafts into the tiny case and Joe watches as Cuban Joe hands Wade a tiny derringer which they wrap in a cloth and stuff into the top of what used to be Joe's case, perfect fit, deal made.
Life on the road.
Thanks
Kevin
Here's my my pal Joe (junksecret here on AZ) got his original 1960s Gina leather cue case.
Joe is a young pool punk hanging in a room in Sacto, he's got a great Gina Titlist Domino cue and some Fellini-style case. Wade Crane and Cuban Joe are doing a road stop and come up to him and ask if he wants to trade cases. They have this great Gina case but its a little too small (Ernie made them small in diameter and then had a "move" for getting like 3 cues and a car stuffed in there) for what they want and Joe's case looks perfect. Joe says lets see if the cases fit and dumps his stuff out. Wade shows Joe how to load his Gina and shafts into the tiny case and Joe watches as Cuban Joe hands Wade a tiny derringer which they wrap in a cloth and stuff into the top of what used to be Joe's case, perfect fit, deal made.
Life on the road.
Thanks
Kevin
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The Wade I will remember, although I met him when he had the slicked back hair.
http://billporter.smugmug.com/Other/1986-Clyde-Childress-Memorial/Crane/65669187_Y89Zo-L.jpg
http://billporter.smugmug.com/Other/1986-Clyde-Childress-Memorial/Crane/65669187_Y89Zo-L.jpg
That's how I remember him, too, at the BC Open tournaments in the early/mid '80s. Too bad, another legend gone. RIP.
What a shame, on Christmas of all days. My thoughts go out to his family. He was certainly fun to watch, had a great stroke and a killer break with a great sense of humor to boot. My thoughts go out to his family. May he rest in peace.