OBIT: Bessie Agnes (MASON) PLATTER, 1996, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ PLATTER Bessie Agnes Platter, 59, of Meyersdale RD 4, died April 2, 1996, at her residence. Born Feb. 8, 1937, at Avilton, Md. She was a daughter of the late George and Anna Mae (Ricer) Mason. Mrs. Platter was a member of the Pentecostal Apostolic Church, Meyersdale. Survived by four sons: Lester Platter Jr., Gary Platter, Terry Platter and Ricky Platter, all of Meyersdale; a daughter, Dorothy Reiber, Meyersdale, a brother, George Mason, Jr., Cave Junction, Ore.: four Sisters: Grace Platter, Clara Slagle and Mary Garth, all of Baltimore, and Betty Bean, Hagerstown; also 16 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Newman Funeral Home, 179 Miller St., Grantsville, Md., where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, with the Rev. Larry Stewart officiating. Interment, Mount Zion Cemetery. Daily American, April 3, 1996 [P0648]