Funeral services for 67-year old Melvin Choate, of Hopkinsville, will be Monday morning, August 16, at 10:00 at Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home.
Burial will follow in Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West.
Visitation will be Sunday afternoon, August 15, from 2:00 until 4:00.
Survivors include his sons, Todd Choate and his wife Stacey of Hopkinsville, Michael Choate of Hopkinsville; his daughter, Shannon Ellis and her husband Scott of Gracey; his brothers, Dannie Choate and his wife Ann of Tennessee, Tommy Choate and his wife Roberta of Gracey, and Leslie Choate and his wife Tracy of Cadiz; his sisters, Theresa Miller of California, Thelma Hendricks and her husband Robert of Cadiz, Ruby Kay Danes of Hopkinsville, Doris Choate of Cadiz, and Linda Compton and her husband Ricky of Gracey; and five grandchildren, Ryan Ellis, MaKenzi Ellis, Colton Choate, Reese Michael Choate, and Abigail Grace Choate.