The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, February 1, 1997            TAG: 9702010268
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   20 lines

MARY A. CHOATE

Mary Ann Choate, 75, of the 1500 block of Wingfield Ave., died Jan. 31, 1997, in a Chesapeake hospital.

Born in Aurora, N.C., she was a member of St. Matthews Catholic Church.

Survivors include her husband, Robert E. Choate; a son, Robert E. Choate III and his wife, Connie, of Chesapeake; two sisters, Geneive Waller of Hanover, Pa., and Agnes Simmonini of Algonquin, Ill.; a brother, Joseph Rachid of Bridgeton, N.C.; a grandson, Thomas A. Choate of Chesapeake; 14 nieces and nephews; and an aunt, Eva Misty of New Bern, N.C.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in St. Matthews Catholic Church by Father Timothy Drake. Burial will be in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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