Obituary of Dr. Edward Lewis Chorette

Memorial services for Dr. Edward Lewis Chorette, age 65, of Monroe, LA, have been scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, May 12, 2016 at First United Methodist Church in Bastrop. Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Thursday. Dr. Chorette, a proud member of the Osage Nation tribe and U.S. Army veteran (1969-1975), passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016 at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe, LA. He was an undergraduate of Oklahoma State University, a graduate of the University of Alabama Medical School and served his internship and residency at Baptist Memorial Hospital (Memphis, TN). He then began his medical career with 10 years of private practice, 17 years as Medical Director and a emergency room doctor at Morehouse General Hospital ER (specializing in internal medicine) and 9 years as Coroner for Morehouse Parish. He also worked many years serving clinics and Federal and State Prisons. Dr. Chorette is preceded in death by his parents Edward Reid and Ruth Helen Dotson Chorette. He is survived by his loving wife, Carol Chorette, whom he married 38 years ago in Puerto Rico and with whom he recently renewed vows again with in Puerto Rico after 30 years. He also leaves behind his children, Zona Lofaso of Baton Rouge, LA, Leigh Lumley of Flower Mound, TX, Tripp Chorette and wife Miranda of Bastrop, LA, Kristin Chorette, of Monroe, LA; grandchildren, Matthew, Megan, and Zachary Lofaso, Ian and Adam Lumley, Annie Chorette, and Blair Chorette; sister, Carol Field of Guthrie, OK; and niece, Gretchen Hanna and husband Steve, and their children, Morgan and Brendon Hanna. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to a Cancer organization of the donors choice.