Mrs. Hannah "Ann" Gay Choate, age 90 of Smyrna, formerly of Sparta, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at her residence.

Mrs. Choate was the last surviving child of the ten children born to the late Hargis and Eva Rice Gay. She was born March 22, 1934 in Bowlingtown, Kentucky.  She met her late husband Sampson in Dayton, Ohio and they were married for 44 years.  She was a homemaker and loved that roll to the fullest extent. She never met a stranger and anyone that came to visit always had to eat and hopefully it was her biscuits, gravy and fried chicken. She enjoyed gardening and canning from her garden, reading and traveling. She will always be remembered for being light hearted but direct and a proud mother and granny.

In addition to her parents and nine siblings, she is also preceded in death by her husband Sampson A.L. Choate; son Sam "Buzz" Choate, Jr.; grandson in law Jake Morris

She is survived by her Children:  Thomas Choate, Larry (Thressa) Choate, Cathy (Earl) Barnes and Russell (BJ) Choate

Step-son: Sam (Joyce) Gardner

Grandchildren:  Latessa Morris, Sampson (Megan) Choate, Landon Barnes, and Mandy Barnes

Great-Grandchildren:  Aidan Nicol, Connor Nicol, Mark Morris, Mylee Morris, Levi Choate, and Bo Choate

along with many step-grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews

Funeral services will be conducted 12:00pm Friday, June 7, 2024 from the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Cookeville City Cemetery. The family will receive friends after 11:00am Friday at Hunter Funeral Home. Randall Kirby will officiate.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Jake Morris Brother in the Trenches Scholarship at White County High School in care of Hunter Funeral Home, PO BOX 90, Sparta, TN 38583