Obituaries: Henry Capps, 1959, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 12, 1959 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Henry Capps Dies; Buried Thursday At Zion Cemetery

Henry Capps, 51, retired owner of a trucking business, died from a heart
ailment in a Winnfield hospital early Tuesday morning.  Funeral services were
conducted at the Southern Funeral Home at 2 p.m. on Thursday, February 12 with
Rev. C. C. Martin officiating.  He was assisted by Rev. Kenneth Wall.  Burial
was in the Zion Cemetery near Georgetown under direction of Southern Funeral
Home.  The Masonic Lodge had charge of the graveside rites.

Mr. Capps was born in Houston, Texas, but had spent most of his life in
Winnfield.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Capps.  He was a member of
the Laurel Heights Baptist Church and of the local Masonic Order.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Flora Capps, of Winnfield; one brother, Jack
Capps of San Jose, Calif.; seven sisters, Mrs. Ira Green of Shreveport;
Mrs. J. R. Wilson of Ft. Worth; Mrs. J. Warren Hockaday of Seattle, Wash.;
Mrs. Miley A. Walsworth of Campti; Miss Helen Capps and Mrs. Mary Hammons of
Winnfield; Mrs. J. G. Dickerson of Red Bud, Ill.