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Submitted: 8/12/21 • Approved: 8/12/21 • Last Updated: 8/15/21 • R446676-G446674-S3
Thomas W.
1881-1969
Mary E.
1885-1982
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*Obituary Thomas
Funeral services for Thomas William Platt, 88, resident of Borger since 1929, were held today at 2 p.m. at Ed Brown and Sons Chapel of the Fountains.
Rev. Amos R. Meador, pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, and Rev. G.W. Fine of East Side Baptist Church officiated.
Interment was in Highland Park Cemetery.
Casketbearers were Bill Whitworth, Bob Dietz, Frank Smithey, Lawton Sands, Nolan Harris and George Brain.
Platt died at 12:10 p.m. Sunday at North Plains Hospital. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, four sons, two daughters, 30 grandchildren and 53 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
(Published in Borger News Herald, November 18, 1969)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Thomas Platt
Death Date: 16 Nov 1969
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Thomas William Platt
Birth Date: 7 Jun 1881
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Charlie Platt
Mother: Sally Franklin
Age at Death: 88
Death Date: 16 Nov 1969
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
*Obituary Mary
Services for Mary Edna Platt, 97, of Magic Plains Nursing Home, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Brown's Chapel of the Fountains with the Rev. Paul Taylor, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Brown's Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Platt died at 8:40 p.m. Sunday in Magic Plains Nursing Home.
A native of Corsicana, she had lived in Borger since 1929. She was a housewife, and longest living member of the First Baptist Church.
She married Thomas William Platt, Dec. 25, 1901 in Fairfield. He died Nov. 11, 1969 in Borger.
Survivors include four sons, Rufus and Vernon of Borger, Douglas of Amarillo, and Tommie of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Dollie Cade of Borger, and Mrs. Lois Sartor of Goldsmith; 26 grandchildren and 58 great-grandchildren.
The family will be staying at 1020 Lee Street.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 7, 1982)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Mary Edna Platt
[Mary Edna Duncan]
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1885
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Jim Duncan
Mother: Mary Hanks
Age at Death: 97
Death Date: 5 Dec 1982
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 8/12/21
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