January 17, 1988 Willie L. Choate, Sr Graveside services for Willie L. Choate Sr., 80, of Longview, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Grace Hill Cemetery under the direction of Welch Funeral Home. Mr. Choate died Sunday evening in a Longview hospital. He was a lifetime resident of East Texas and a retired oil field pipeline pusher. Survivors include his wife, Cora; sons, Willie Jr. and Charlie, both of Longview; daughters, Ollie B Cross of Little Elm, Timpsie Janettee Amburn of Longview, Billie Ann Larry and Mamie Merle Fontenot, both of Houston; brother, E. D. "Jack" of Denton; sister, Mamie Roseborough of Marshall; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.