[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 116 (Thursday, September 15, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1867]
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               IN LASTING MEMORY OF MAYOR PAUL B. CHOATE

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                             HON. MIKE ROSS

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 15, 2005

  Mr. ROSS. 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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