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September 15, 2005 |
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In Lasting Memory of Mayor Paul B. Choate
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor of the life and legacy of Mayor
Paul B. Choate, who passed away at the age of 71 on August 5, 2005. Mayor
Choate was born on May 28, 1934 in Lonoke, Arkansas.
Mayor Choate graduated in 1957 from the State Teacher's College and
taught school in Paris, Arkansas. He was also a retired biologist with
the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. In 1967, Mayor Choate moved to Hempstead
County and distinguished himself as the first juvenile judge and helped
to establish Medical Park Hospital in Hope where he served as a Hempstead
County Memorial Hospital Board member.
Mayor Choate was an economic ambassador for the small town of Blevins.
As Mayor, he updated the city's sewer system, helped to bring industry
to the city, and acquired one of only four generators obtainable from the
state for Blevins during the horrific ice storm of 2000 that paralyzed
much of Arkansas.
Perhaps what drove Mayor Choate the most was preaching the gospel of
Jesus Christ. In Blevins, he was a founding minister of the World of Faith
Church and a pastor at the Marlbrook Baptist Church for 7 years.
Mayor Choate truly led an exemplary life and will forever be remembered
for his dedication to his family, his community, and the church. My deepest
sympathies go out to his wife, Pamela D. Young Choate, their four sons,
David, Roy, Timothy, and Andrew, his brothers, William King and Lee King,
his sister, Julia, his eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. |
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PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF
THE 109th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
