United States Army Veteran World War II
RALLS (Special) — Graveside services for Gladys "Gad" Chote, 65, of Ralls will be at 11 a.m. today in Ralls Cemetery with Lewis Garnett of Lubbock officiating.
The Rev. Jim Morrow, pastor of Ralls First Baptist Church, will assist, and burial will be directed by Carter-Adams Funeral Home.
Mrs. Chote died at 11:08 p.m. Wednesday in Lubbock´s Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness.
She was a longtime resident of Crosby County. She married Nelton Chote on Sept. 19, 1943, in Ralls. She graduated from Ralls High School and was a Crosby County 4-H leader. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. She was a member of the American Quarter Horse Association and a lifetime member of the Confederate Air Force.
Survivors include her husband; a son, Dale of Ralls; a daughter, Dannie Carlisle of Ralls; a brother, D.K. Stevens of Lubbock; three sisters, Toni Woodruff of Lubbock and Vera Findley and Vuyneta Jones, both of Ralls; and four grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Steve Gray, Davey Abell, Larry Thompson, Donnie Powell, Forrest Griffin and David Heinrich.
Published in Lubbock Avalanche Journal, September 9, 1990
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
Nelton passed away Saturday, September 2, 2006 at the Lubbock Heart Hospital.
He was born on November 6, 1922 in Ralls, Texas to the late Ira James and Mamie Gladys (Bennett) Chote. On September 19, 1943 he married Gladys "Gad" Stevens in Ralls. She preceded him in death on Nov. 7, 1990.
He was a farmer and had lived in the Ralls area all his life. Nelton was a member of the Emma Church of Christ. He served as Crosby County Commissioner for 12 years, served on the Ralls School Board as President, and the Owens Coop Gin Board. He was instrumental in organizing the Crosby County Livestock Association. He was a US Army Veteran of WWII.
Survivors include; a son; Dale of Lubbock, a daughter and her husband Dannie and Mike Carlisle of Lubbock, a sister; Nomagene Harrington of Beaumont, five grandchildren; Scott Carlisle of Amarillo, Skipper Carlisle of Lubbock, Joe Ben Chote of Lubbock, Cele Rogers of Lubbock, Dakota Chote of Ralls and five great grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to Emma Church of Christ P. O. Box 189 Ralls, Texas 79357.
The Crosby County News, Friday, September 8, 2006, page 12
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