October 1964
Samantha L. [Cypert] Platt
PLATT SERVICES HELD
Funeral services for Mrs. Samantha L. Platt were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday
in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Sam Anderson, pastor, officiating.
Music was furnished by Mrs. Aubrey Finley and Mrs. Chester Heavin with
Mrs. Don Brown at the piano. Pallbearers were Martin Henry, Ernest Henry, Jack Finley, Monroe Jones and Roy Alexander.
Mrs. Platt died Tuesday, 13 October 1964 in a Norman hospital following a
lengthy illness. She was born Oct. 18, 1877 in Stone County, Ark., and
was married to Columbus W. Platt July 11, 1894. They moved to the Verden
community in 1911 where Mr. Platt died in 1944. She had been a member of
the Baptist Church for many years.
Mrs. Platt is survived by six sons, Troy of Anaheim, Calif., Ernest of
Huntington Beach, Calif., Carris, Ferris and Ray of Oklahoma City, and
Robert of Amarillo, Texas; three daughters, Mrs. Pauline Weiner of
Huntington Beach, Mrs. Myrtle Dirickson of Verden and Mrs. Irene Norton of Moore; one sister,
Mrs. Maud Strickland of Oklahoma City; 37 grandchildren; 42 great
grandchildren; and three great great grandchildren.
Interment was in the Verden Cemetery under the direction of the Crenshaw
Home of Moore.
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