Wilford E. Capps Sr. 1922-2010 Mr. Capps was born in Danville, Va. February 11, 1922 son of the late John Luther and Blanche Hite Capps. He attended Southside Baptist Church and was formerly a member of McQuay Memorial Presbyterian Church for many years. He was a graduate of Thomasboro High School, member of Pine Island Country Club and retired as a Sales Executive for Orders Tile and Distributing Company. Mr. Capps served in the US Navy during WWII as a Seaman First Class serving on the USS DeHaven DD727 headed for the Pacific. He was aboard one of the four destroyers escorting the New Hornet Aircraft carrier in the Pacific to launch airplanes into Japan. He was discharged from service on January 24, 1946
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Wilford E. (Woo) Capps, Sr., age 87 of Charlotte died February 10,
2010 at Presbyterian Hospital. A service to celebrate his life will be
at 2:00PM Saturday at Southside Baptist Church, 301 Elmhurst Road,
Reverends Steve Kelly and Matt Capps officiating. Interment will be in
Forest Lawn West Cemetery with military rites. The family will receive
friends at the church one hour prior to the funeral hour.
Surviving are his wife, Virginia Blount Capps, children, Wilford
(Will) Capps, Jr. and wife, Rose of Cramerton, NC, Alan Capps and
wife, Amy, of Indian Trail, NC, Dale Capps and wife, Cathy of
Charlotte, grandchildren, Justin Capps (Ryan), Aaron Capps, Reverend
Matt Capps (Laura), Katie Capps, Kristin Nash (Justin), Adam Capps,
and Shane Capps, great grandchildren, Cailey Ann Capps and Jacob Nash,
sisters, Jean Wyatt of Greensboro, NC and Pat Nicholson (Jerry) of
Mooresville, NC, stepdaughter, Pam Hope, step-sons, Jimmy Blount
(Carmen ) of Indian Trail, NC and Stacey Blount of Charlotte. Mr.
Capps was preceded in death by his first wife, Elizabeth Hoover Capps
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