Obituaries: Sarah Hemphill Capps, 1956, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 26, 1956 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Last Rites For Mrs. J. W. Capps At Zion July 26

Funeral services for Mrs. J. W. Capps, 76, of Rt. 1, Georgetown, who died in a
Winnfield hospital Wednesday, were held at the Georgetown Baptist Church at 4
p.m. July 26, with the Rev. Floyd Lisenby and the Rev. E. H. Hayes
officiating.  Burial was in the Zion Cemetery under direction of Hixson
Funeral Home.

Before her marriage Mrs. Capps was the former Miss Sarah Hemphill.  She was a
member of the Baptist faith.

Surviving are her husband, J. W. "Jim" Capps, Rt. 1, Georgetown; three
daughters, Mrs. R. D. Skains, Winnfield; Mrs. C. C. M. Carnahan, Georgetown;
Mrs. J. H. Peebles, Minneapolis, Minn.; four sons, S. O. Capps, Tullos; Aaron,
J. W., Jr., and Arthur Capps, Georgetown; one brother, Grover Hemphill, Joyce.

The deceased also leaves three brothers: Marvin Hemphill, Georgetown, L. D. of
Clayton, and J. W. of Ferriday; four half sisters, Mrs. Ray Hodges,
Georgetown; Mrs. C. A. Bird, Clayton, Mrs. C. H. Taylor, Tanner, Ala., Mrs.
C. A. Parsons, Kentwood, La.