REV. W. A. PLATT DIES SATURDAY
Last Charter Member Church Conference, Oldest Caldwell Resident
Rev. William A. Platt, 97, oldest resident of Caldwell parish and the last surviving founder of the Louisiana Methodist Protestant conferance, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. M. Irwin in Columbia, Saturday at 6 a.m. A short funeral service will be held at the residence this morning at 9 o'clock, after which the body will be brought to the Monroe Stone Avenue Methodist Protestant church for the funeral which will be held at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be made in the family plot in the Ouachita City cemetery.
Rev. Platt was not only a theologian of note, having preached for more than 60 years, but also he had a distinguished war record, and was one of the few surviving veterans of the Confederacy in Louisiana.
He was born March 5,1840, at Quitman, Miss., and went to Indian Village in Jackson parish in 1871 and soon afterward began to preach, serving as circuit rider for many years. When the Methodist Protestant conferance in Louisiana was organized, he was a charter member, through the years serving loyally and in self sacrificing manner.
During his more than six decades of service in the ministry, he was stationed successively as pastor of churches in Ruston, Arcadia, Winnfield, Montgomery, Chatham, Colfax and at Stone Avenue Methodist church in Monroe.
The past few years he has been superannuated and has resided with his daughter in Columbia.
Rev. Platt's war record was one of distinction. He enlisted at the outset of the war in 1861 as private and ended his service as a non-commissioned officer. He participated in many of the leading battles fought in Virginia, Maryland and at Gettysburg.
During six months of the war, he was a prisoner and was confined at Rock Island, Ill. After the surrender of General Robert E. Lee, he was released and allowed to return home.
He was married in early life to Miss. Mary F. McQueen, of Quitman, Miss. One son and two daughters survive. These are C. W. Platt, of Monroe; Mrs. R. M. Irwin, of Columbia; and Mrs. Jule W. Parks, of Monroe.
During the years that Rev. Platt resided in Monroe, when he served as Stone avenue church pastor, he made a wide circle of friends who realized that he was a man of unusual ability and strength of convictions, and he was regarded as one of the most outstanding supporters of the denomination he represented.
Rev. Platt's sermons were forceful and here and there permeated withhumor that added to their interest. Only several years ago, he gave example of this trait of character when asked to preach as supply in the pulpit of the Methodist Protestant church in Columbia. He accepted with keen interest and when the time came for the service, he electrified his hearers with the choice of his text: "Son of Man Can These Bones Live?" The text was from the message of the Almighty to Ezekiel. There was a large attendance and at the close many persons accorded the venerable preacher their hearty congratulations.
When the 84th annual session of the Louisiana conference was held in October, 1930, Rev. Platt was physically unable to attend but with keen mind he wrote a letter which showed the fires of the deep religious spirit of the man that burned within his frail body. He then wrote in part:
"As the only living father of this conference, it seems to be like a blessed family reunion. Being a minister in this church for 60 years, I know something of its trials, struggles and growth, and could tell many a true account of great revivals of religion when this church was in its first feeble beginning in this state.
"I have been through great physical hardships in remote, practically unsettled portions of this state, trying to do my humble part in bringing souls to Christ. That, as I look back today, has been the greatest joy of my life."
During the long ministerial service of Rev. Platt, he was a favorite with couples seeking to be united in marriage. They came to have the knot tied sometimes as far as 100 miles and were not at all careful as to the time they arrived, often midnight or 2 a.m. being the time selected, but they always found the pastor willing and ready to perform the service.
The past several years, infirmities of advanced age have required that Rev. Platt remain mostly at home but he has been the recipient of constant visits by his unnumbered friends and admirers who have regarded him as the "grand old man of Caldwell parish." His passing was being mourned in Monroe fully as much as in Columbia and it is expected that a large number will attend the funeral services to be held here this morning.
Published in The Monroe (La.) News-Star, Oct. 17,1937
Last Charter Member Church Conference, Oldest Caldwell Resident
Rev. William A. Platt, 97, oldest resident of Caldwell parish and the last surviving founder of the Louisiana Methodist Protestant conferance, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. M. Irwin in Columbia, Saturday at 6 a.m. A short funeral service will be held at the residence this morning at 9 o'clock, after which the body will be brought to the Monroe Stone Avenue Methodist Protestant church for the funeral which will be held at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be made in the family plot in the Ouachita City cemetery.
Rev. Platt was not only a theologian of note, having preached for more than 60 years, but also he had a distinguished war record, and was one of the few surviving veterans of the Confederacy in Louisiana.
He was born March 5,1840, at Quitman, Miss., and went to Indian Village in Jackson parish in 1871 and soon afterward began to preach, serving as circuit rider for many years. When the Methodist Protestant conferance in Louisiana was organized, he was a charter member, through the years serving loyally and in self sacrificing manner.
During his more than six decades of service in the ministry, he was stationed successively as pastor of churches in Ruston, Arcadia, Winnfield, Montgomery, Chatham, Colfax and at Stone Avenue Methodist church in Monroe.
The past few years he has been superannuated and has resided with his daughter in Columbia.
Rev. Platt's war record was one of distinction. He enlisted at the outset of the war in 1861 as private and ended his service as a non-commissioned officer. He participated in many of the leading battles fought in Virginia, Maryland and at Gettysburg.
During six months of the war, he was a prisoner and was confined at Rock Island, Ill. After the surrender of General Robert E. Lee, he was released and allowed to return home.
He was married in early life to Miss. Mary F. McQueen, of Quitman, Miss. One son and two daughters survive. These are C. W. Platt, of Monroe; Mrs. R. M. Irwin, of Columbia; and Mrs. Jule W. Parks, of Monroe.
During the years that Rev. Platt resided in Monroe, when he served as Stone avenue church pastor, he made a wide circle of friends who realized that he was a man of unusual ability and strength of convictions, and he was regarded as one of the most outstanding supporters of the denomination he represented.
Rev. Platt's sermons were forceful and here and there permeated withhumor that added to their interest. Only several years ago, he gave example of this trait of character when asked to preach as supply in the pulpit of the Methodist Protestant church in Columbia. He accepted with keen interest and when the time came for the service, he electrified his hearers with the choice of his text: "Son of Man Can These Bones Live?" The text was from the message of the Almighty to Ezekiel. There was a large attendance and at the close many persons accorded the venerable preacher their hearty congratulations.
When the 84th annual session of the Louisiana conference was held in October, 1930, Rev. Platt was physically unable to attend but with keen mind he wrote a letter which showed the fires of the deep religious spirit of the man that burned within his frail body. He then wrote in part:
"As the only living father of this conference, it seems to be like a blessed family reunion. Being a minister in this church for 60 years, I know something of its trials, struggles and growth, and could tell many a true account of great revivals of religion when this church was in its first feeble beginning in this state.
"I have been through great physical hardships in remote, practically unsettled portions of this state, trying to do my humble part in bringing souls to Christ. That, as I look back today, has been the greatest joy of my life."
During the long ministerial service of Rev. Platt, he was a favorite with couples seeking to be united in marriage. They came to have the knot tied sometimes as far as 100 miles and were not at all careful as to the time they arrived, often midnight or 2 a.m. being the time selected, but they always found the pastor willing and ready to perform the service.
The past several years, infirmities of advanced age have required that Rev. Platt remain mostly at home but he has been the recipient of constant visits by his unnumbered friends and admirers who have regarded him as the "grand old man of Caldwell parish." His passing was being mourned in Monroe fully as much as in Columbia and it is expected that a large number will attend the funeral services to be held here this morning.
Published in The Monroe (La.) News-Star, Oct. 17,1937
REV. W. A. PLATT DIES SATURDAY
Last Charter Member Church Conference, Oldest Caldwell Resident
Rev. William A. Platt, 97, oldest resident of Caldwell parish and the last surviving founder of the Louisiana Methodist Protestant conferance, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. M. Irwin in Columbia, Saturday at 6 a.m. A short funeral service will be held at the residence this morning at 9 o'clock, after which the body will be brought to the Monroe Stone Avenue Methodist Protestant church for the funeral which will be held at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be made in the family plot in the Ouachita City cemetery.
Rev. Platt was not only a theologian of note, having preached for more than 60 years, but also he had a distinguished war record, and was one of the few surviving veterans of the Confederacy in Louisiana.
He was born March 5,1840, at Quitman, Miss., and went to Indian Village in Jackson parish in 1871 and soon afterward began to preach, serving as circuit rider for many years. When the Methodist Protestant conferance in Louisiana was organized, he was a charter member, through the years serving loyally and in self sacrificing manner.
During his more than six decades of service in the ministry, he was stationed successively as pastor of churches in Ruston, Arcadia, Winnfield, Montgomery, Chatham, Colfax and at Stone Avenue Methodist church in Monroe.
The past few years he has been superannuated and has resided with his daughter in Columbia.
Rev. Platt's war record was one of distinction. He enlisted at the outset of the war in 1861 as private and ended his service as a non-commissioned officer. He participated in many of the leading battles fought in Virginia, Maryland and at Gettysburg.
During six months of the war, he was a prisoner and was confined at Rock Island, Ill. After the surrender of General Robert E. Lee, he was released and allowed to return home.
He was married in early life to Miss. Mary F. McQueen, of Quitman, Miss. One son and two daughters survive. These are C. W. Platt, of Monroe; Mrs. R. M. Irwin, of Columbia; and Mrs. Jule W. Parks, of Monroe.
During the years that Rev. Platt resided in Monroe, when he served as Stone avenue church pastor, he made a wide circle of friends who realized that he was a man of unusual ability and strength of convictions, and he was regarded as one of the most outstanding supporters of the denomination he represented.
Rev. Platt's sermons were forceful and here and there permeated withhumor that added to their interest. Only several years ago, he gave example of this trait of character when asked to preach as supply in the pulpit of the Methodist Protestant church in Columbia. He accepted with keen interest and when the time came for the service, he electrified his hearers with the choice of his text: "Son of Man Can These Bones Live?" The text was from the message of the Almighty to Ezekiel. There was a large attendance and at the close many persons accorded the venerable preacher their hearty congratulations.
When the 84th annual session of the Louisiana conference was held in October, 1930, Rev. Platt was physically unable to attend but with keen mind he wrote a letter which showed the fires of the deep religious spirit of the man that burned within his frail body. He then wrote in part:
"As the only living father of this conference, it seems to be like a blessed family reunion. Being a minister in this church for 60 years, I know something of its trials, struggles and growth, and could tell many a true account of great revivals of religion when this church was in its first feeble beginning in this state.
"I have been through great physical hardships in remote, practically unsettled portions of this state, trying to do my humble part in bringing souls to Christ. That, as I look back today, has been the greatest joy of my life."
During the long ministerial service of Rev. Platt, he was a favorite with couples seeking to be united in marriage. They came to have the knot tied sometimes as far as 100 miles and were not at all careful as to the time they arrived, often midnight or 2 a.m. being the time selected, but they always found the pastor willing and ready to perform the service.
The past several years, infirmities of advanced age have required that Rev. Platt remain mostly at home but he has been the recipient of constant visits by his unnumbered friends and admirers who have regarded him as the "grand old man of Caldwell parish." His passing was being mourned in Monroe fully as much as in Columbia and it is expected that a large number will attend the funeral services to be held here this morning.
Published in The Monroe (La.) News-Star, Oct. 17,1937
Last Charter Member Church Conference, Oldest Caldwell Resident
Rev. William A. Platt, 97, oldest resident of Caldwell parish and the last surviving founder of the Louisiana Methodist Protestant conferance, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. M. Irwin in Columbia, Saturday at 6 a.m. A short funeral service will be held at the residence this morning at 9 o'clock, after which the body will be brought to the Monroe Stone Avenue Methodist Protestant church for the funeral which will be held at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be made in the family plot in the Ouachita City cemetery.
Rev. Platt was not only a theologian of note, having preached for more than 60 years, but also he had a distinguished war record, and was one of the few surviving veterans of the Confederacy in Louisiana.
He was born March 5,1840, at Quitman, Miss., and went to Indian Village in Jackson parish in 1871 and soon afterward began to preach, serving as circuit rider for many years. When the Methodist Protestant conferance in Louisiana was organized, he was a charter member, through the years serving loyally and in self sacrificing manner.
During his more than six decades of service in the ministry, he was stationed successively as pastor of churches in Ruston, Arcadia, Winnfield, Montgomery, Chatham, Colfax and at Stone Avenue Methodist church in Monroe.
The past few years he has been superannuated and has resided with his daughter in Columbia.
Rev. Platt's war record was one of distinction. He enlisted at the outset of the war in 1861 as private and ended his service as a non-commissioned officer. He participated in many of the leading battles fought in Virginia, Maryland and at Gettysburg.
During six months of the war, he was a prisoner and was confined at Rock Island, Ill. After the surrender of General Robert E. Lee, he was released and allowed to return home.
He was married in early life to Miss. Mary F. McQueen, of Quitman, Miss. One son and two daughters survive. These are C. W. Platt, of Monroe; Mrs. R. M. Irwin, of Columbia; and Mrs. Jule W. Parks, of Monroe.
During the years that Rev. Platt resided in Monroe, when he served as Stone avenue church pastor, he made a wide circle of friends who realized that he was a man of unusual ability and strength of convictions, and he was regarded as one of the most outstanding supporters of the denomination he represented.
Rev. Platt's sermons were forceful and here and there permeated withhumor that added to their interest. Only several years ago, he gave example of this trait of character when asked to preach as supply in the pulpit of the Methodist Protestant church in Columbia. He accepted with keen interest and when the time came for the service, he electrified his hearers with the choice of his text: "Son of Man Can These Bones Live?" The text was from the message of the Almighty to Ezekiel. There was a large attendance and at the close many persons accorded the venerable preacher their hearty congratulations.
When the 84th annual session of the Louisiana conference was held in October, 1930, Rev. Platt was physically unable to attend but with keen mind he wrote a letter which showed the fires of the deep religious spirit of the man that burned within his frail body. He then wrote in part:
"As the only living father of this conference, it seems to be like a blessed family reunion. Being a minister in this church for 60 years, I know something of its trials, struggles and growth, and could tell many a true account of great revivals of religion when this church was in its first feeble beginning in this state.
"I have been through great physical hardships in remote, practically unsettled portions of this state, trying to do my humble part in bringing souls to Christ. That, as I look back today, has been the greatest joy of my life."
During the long ministerial service of Rev. Platt, he was a favorite with couples seeking to be united in marriage. They came to have the knot tied sometimes as far as 100 miles and were not at all careful as to the time they arrived, often midnight or 2 a.m. being the time selected, but they always found the pastor willing and ready to perform the service.
The past several years, infirmities of advanced age have required that Rev. Platt remain mostly at home but he has been the recipient of constant visits by his unnumbered friends and admirers who have regarded him as the "grand old man of Caldwell parish." His passing was being mourned in Monroe fully as much as in Columbia and it is expected that a large number will attend the funeral services to be held here this morning.
Published in The Monroe (La.) News-Star, Oct. 17,1937
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