William McCoy Piatt Jr.

William McCoy Piatt Jr.

• William McCoy Piatt Jr. was born on 10 November 1895 in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.
• William McCoy Piatt Jr. registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in El Paso County, Texas, while single and living in El Paso, employed there as assistant treasurer of Peyton Packing Company.
• He married Frances Buchanan, daughter of George W. Buchanan and Ella R. Keithley, circa 1929.
• William McCoy Piatt Jr. and Frances Buchanan appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in El Paso, Texas, at 2821 Louisville Street.
• He was employed as traffic manager by a wholesale hay & grain store, according to the 1930 census.
• William McCoy Piatt Jr. and Frances Buchanan appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in El Paso, Texas, at 4725 Trowbridge.
• He was employed as manager/accountant by a retail feed company, according to the 1940 census.
• William McCoy Piatt Jr. registered for the draft in 1942 in El Paso County, Texas, while living at 4725 Trowbridge Street in El Paso, employed there by Heid Brothers Corporation at 1701 Texas Street.
• At the time of his death William McCoy Piatt Jr. was living in El Paso, Texas, at 4725 Trowbridge.
• William McCoy Piatt Jr. died on 18 February 1948 at age 52 in El Paso, Texas, at William Beaumont General Hospital of Hodgkin's Disease.
• His wife Frances Buchanan became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, Texas.
• The following appeared on 19 February 1948 in the El Paso Herald-Post: Funeral services for William McCoy Piatt of 4725 Trowbridge street, who died yesterday, will be held at 10 a. m. tomorrow in St. Joseph's Church with the Rev. Henry Buchanan officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen.
       Rosary services will be at 8 p. m. today in Hagedon-Harding Chapel with the Rev. Joseph M. Walsh officiating.
       Mr. Piatt had been ill for one year. He had lived in El Paso since 1912, coming here from Park Ridge, Ill.
       He was sales manager for Heid Brothers. He served on the Sun Carnival board of directors, was a member of the Knife and Fork Club, a member of El Paso Council No. 638 Knights of Columbus and St. Joseph's Church.
       Surviving him are his widow; two daughters, Frances Jane and Keithley Spaulding; his mother, Mrs. Rose Walker Piatt of Wichita, Kan; four brothers, E. Donn Piatt of Shreveport, La., Robert Piatt of Long Beach, Cal., Tec Piatt of Pomona and Joe Piatt of Saudi, Arabia.
       Mrs. Piatt's brothers are Bernard Buchanan, district attorney of Del Rio; Rev. Henry Buchanan, pastor of Our Lady of the Valley Church in the Lower Valley; and Percy Buchanan of Los Alamos, N. M.

• Last Edited: 8 Aug 2015