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Meade was born near Dripping Springs in Hays County in central [[Texas]] but reared in Pollock in Grant Parish north of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana. He received a Bachelor of Science in [[Geology]] and a [[Master of Arts]] in History from Louisiana Tech. He obtained his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] in the capital city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]. He served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] during the [[Korean War]], in which capacity he received the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Medal, and the Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal.<ref name=tmtobit>{{cite web|url=http://obituaries.tylerpaper.com/obituaries/tylerpaper/obituary.aspx?n=c-wade-meade&pid=176293429&fhid=6513#sthash.XB08q31L.dpuf|title=C. Wade Meade obituary|publisher=''Tyler Morning Telegraph''|location=Tyler, Texas|date=November 1, 2015|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref>

Meade was born near Dripping Springs in Hays County in central [[Texas]] but reared in Pollock in Grant Parish north of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana. He received a Bachelor of Science in [[Geology]] and a [[Master of Arts]] in History from Louisiana Tech. He obtained his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] in the capital city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]. He served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] during the [[Korean War]], in which capacity he received the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Medal, and the Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal.<ref name=tmtobit>{{cite web|url=http://obituaries.tylerpaper.com/obituaries/tylerpaper/obituary.aspx?n=c-wade-meade&pid=176293429&fhid=6513#sthash.XB08q31L.dpuf|title=C. Wade Meade obituary|publisher=''Tyler Morning Telegraph''|location=Tyler, Texas|date=November 1, 2015|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref>

Meade wrote  five history books, including ''The Road to Babylon'' (1974).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=L9ADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=c.+wade+meade+of+university+of+texas&source=bl&ots=3St8Q2qqYZ&sig=Hz-GloKsEz-tnPQj-vgPBPNFRuc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBmoVChMIw8PS8r7wyAIVRT0-Ch2JrgVB#v=onepage&q=c.%20wade%20meade%20of%20university%20of%20texas&f=false|title=C. Wade Meade|publisher=''The Alcalde''|date=July 1974|page=30|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref> In 2013, he published ''Seat of the World : The Palatine of Ancient Rome.''<ref name=thepalatine>{{cite book|url=http://www.abebooks.fr/Seat-world-tha-palatine-ancient-Roma/13762974395/bd|title=''Seat of the World: The Palatine of Ancient Rome''|publisher=abebooks|author=C. Wade Meade|date=2013|isbn=9788882657680|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref> He was working on a sixth book at the time of his death in Tyler, Texas, shortly after his 83rd birthday. At Louisiana Tech, he held the Garnie W. McGinty Chair of History, named for a former department chairman. He was the history museum director too.<ref name=tmtobit/> From 1970 to 2000, he taught history and archaeology in the Louisiana Tech-Rome studies program abroad. After retiring from Louisiana Tech, he taught from 2007 to 2013 at the University of Texas at Tyler in Smith County.<ref name=thepalatine/>

Meade wrote  five history books, including ''The Road to Babylon'' (1974).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=L9ADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=c.+wade+meade+of+university+of+texas&source=bl&ots=3St8Q2qqYZ&sig=Hz-GloKsEz-tnPQj-vgPBPNFRuc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBmoVChMIw8PS8r7wyAIVRT0-Ch2JrgVB#v=onepage&q=c.%20wade%20meade%20of%20university%20of%20texas&f=false|title=C. Wade Meade|publisher=''The Alcalde''|date=July 1974|page=30|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref> In 2013, he published ''Seat of the World : The Palatine of Ancient Rome.''<ref name=thepalatine>{{cite book|url=http://www.abebooks.fr/Seat-world-tha-palatine-ancient-Roma/13762974395/bd|title=''Seat of the World: The Palatine of Ancient Rome''|publisher=abebooks|author=C. Wade Meade|date=2013|isbn=9788882657680|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref> He was working on a sixth book at the time of his death in Tyler, Texas, shortly after his 83rd birthday. At Louisiana Tech, he held the Garnie W. McGinty Chair of History, named for a former department chairman. He was the history museum director too.<ref name=tmtobit/> From 1970 to 2000, he taught history and archaeology in the Louisiana Tech-[[Rome]] studies program abroad. After retiring from Louisiana Tech, he taught from 2007 to 2013 at the University of Texas at Tyler in Smith County.<ref name=thepalatine/>

   

   

Meade's former wife, Marie (born 1936), subsequently married William Young Thompson (1922-2013), the former chairman of the Louisiana Tech History Department. Wade and Marie Meade had two children, Dawn Meade of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas, and Don Alan Meade (born January 1959) of [[Shreveport]], Louisiana. He was cremated. His memorial service was held on November 7, 2015, at the University Center Theatre at Louisiana State University in Shreveport.<ref name=tmtobit/>  

Meade's former wife, Marie (born 1936), subsequently married William Young Thompson (1922-2013), the former chairman of the Louisiana Tech History Department. Wade and Marie Meade had two children, Dawn Meade of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas, and Don Alan Meade (born January 1959) of [[Shreveport]], Louisiana. He was cremated. His memorial service was held on November 7, 2015, at the University Center Theatre at Louisiana State University in Shreveport.<ref name=tmtobit/>