Obituaries: I. A. Capps, 1959, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 29, 1959 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

I. A. Capps, Retired Carpenter, Dies Here January 26

I. A. Capps, 79, retired carpenter, died in a local hospital January 26,
following a lengthy illness.  He was born in Winn Parish near Georgetown and
lived his entire life in this parish.

Funeral services were conducted at the Southern Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m.
January 27, with the Rev. C. C. Martin, pastor of the Laurel Heights Baptist
Church, officiating.  Burial was in the Zion Cemetery near Georgetown under
direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were Jimmy Hammons, Charles Hammons, Barry Greer, Ira
Greer, J. R. Wilson, and Johnny Wheat.

Mr. Capps leaves two sons, Henry of Winnfield and Jack W. of San Jose, Calif.;
seven daughters, Mrs. Ira Greer, Shreveport, Mrs. J. W. Hockaday, Seattle,
Wash., Mrs. J. R. Wilson, Ft. Worth, Texas, Mrs. Miley Walsworth, Campti, Mrs.
Mary Hammons and Miss Helen Capps, Winnfield, and Mrs. J. G. Dickerson, Red
Bud, Illinois; 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Also surviving are one brother, J. W. Capps of Georgetown and one sister, Mrs.
J. W. Brister of Winnfield.