This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Platt, Williams, Triplett, Cashion, Berger, Rodriguez, Day, Branch, Carr, Hossier, Gryder, West Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3545 Message Board Post: Aletha Platt Oct. 16, 1933 - Dec. 1, 2005 Aletha Platt, 72, of Bay City, died December 1, 2005, at the Methodist Hospital in Houston. She was born October 16, 1933, in Monroe, Louisiana, to the late Earl Terry, Sr. and Iris Vivian Triplett Williams. Mrs. Platt was a resident of Bay City for the past 46 years and was a beautician. Survivors include: three daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and J.L. “Butch” Cashion of Bay City, Gloria and Mark Berger of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Suzanne Platt and Ricky Rodriguez of Bay City; son, Quincy Platt of North Carolina; sisters, Rachael Day and Betty Branch, both of West Monroe, Louisiana; brothers, Billy Williams, Earl T. Williams, Jr. and Tommy Williams, all of West Monroe, Louisiana; grandchildren, Nathan Cashion and wife Martha of Bay City, Sr. Airman Philip Carr, serving in the U.S. Air Force in Iraq, Ashley Carr of Corpus Christi, and Chad Hossier of Waco, Texas; and one great-grandson, Cole Cashion of Bay City. She was preceded in death by: her son, Brad Platt; and sisters, Frances Gryder and Kathleen West. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 4, 2005, at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ed Webbon officiating. Interment will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Taylor Bros. from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Pallbearers will be Ray Polosky, Dalton “Dee” Clements, Matthew Ludwig, Jimmy Sansing, Brackston Nutt, Nathan Cashion and Chad Hossier. Memorials may be made to the Holy Cross School Library or the First Untied Methodist Youth Group. Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home. Bay City Tribune December 4, 2005 Matagorda County, Texas