WESTLAKE, La. — Betty T. Choat, 66, of Westlake, La., died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, at 5:20 a.m. in a lake area hospital.

Mrs. Choat was born in Monroe, La., on Oct. 26, 1944, to Charles and Doris Turner. Betty grew up in Vicksburg and graduated from H.V. Cooper High School, Hinds Junior College and Delta State University. She was a resident of the Gulf Coast for over 30 years.

Betty retired as a secretary from Stennis Space Center in 2004. She lived in Vicksburg after Hurricane Katrina.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Joe Choat Sr.; her parents, Doris and Charles H. Turner; and one brother, Charles E. Turner.

She is survived by one daughter, Debra Claflin and her husband, Rusty; two grandsons, Adam and Garrett Claflin, all of Lake Charles; two sisters, Catherine Blanton and husband William of Stone Mountain, Ga., and Julia Turner of Pensacola, Fla.; uncle, Jack Rutledge and wife Earline of Monroe; and many nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, at the Bayou La Croix Cemetery in Bay St. Louis, Miss. The Rev. James Reardon will officiate. Visitation will be on Thursday from 5:30 until 9 p.m. at the Johnson Funeral Home in Lake Charles.

Words of comfort to the family may be expressed at www.johnsonfuneralhome.net.