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If you are descendant of this Malachi W.
"Mallie"
CAPPS family - email me - I have the original newspaper clipping.
Notes:
MaryCarol
M. W. CAPPS was her grandfather, Wilson Malachi Capps. Her grandmother was Mary Caroline KEMP. Mallie CAPPS was her father, Malachi W. “Mallie” Capps. Her mother was Emma VADEN. Known siblings were brothers Fred CAPPS and John “Johnny” CAPPS and sister, Wilsie CAPPS, who married James B. MANESS, son of James Mark Brown MANESS and Lillie Etter OVERTON. Johnny Capps m. Laverne OLIVER, dau of Albert M. OLIVER and Mary E. “Clara Beth” WILLIAMS. - their children were Billie W. Capps, Don Capps and unknown son. Clara Beth Williams was the dau James Carland WILLIAMS and Milly J. CAMPBELL who was dau of George Washington CAMPBELL and Elizabeth PATTERSON. DEATH OF MISS BROOKSIE CAPPS A
Bud Plucked from God’s Garden of Flowers as Pure as the Lily of Valley
Miss Brooksie CAPPS, nineteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mallie CAPPS, living west of town, died early Saturday morning. She had been a patient sufferer from rheumatism and dropsy for a long while, and bore her burden with the fortitude of one sustained by the grace of the Lord and Savior. Miss Brooksie was one of the most popular young ladies in Weakley County. Possessed with a kind and lovable disposition she scattered sunshine wherever she went and made friends of all who met her. She attended the TRAINING SCHOOL in Greenfield and was regarded by the pupils as one of their brightest and most cherished classmates, and was held in high esteem by all the teachers. But the grim reaper is no respecter of persons and when death claimed Brooksie CAPPS a bud was plucked from Gods garden of flowers as pure as the lilly of the valley. Interment took place Sunday morning at Highland Cemetery, Rev GARDNER and Elder ROSS performing the funeral rites. Mr. J.B. MULLINS paid a high tribute to this noble young lady who was formerly a member of his Sunday School class and was also a member of the Christian Church. All three of the gentlemen who spoke emphasized the fact that Brooksie and led a noble Christian life, one which the young folks, both girls and boys, could well afford to emulate. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. A selected choir sang several sacred hymns as hosts of friends filed past the open coffin to take a farewell look at the face of one so dear to them. To the bereaved parents and relatives THE TIMES extends sincere sympathy in this dark hour. We know their loss is hard to bear, but those who have faith in Almighty God need have no fear. Though the still form rests beneath the little mound in Highland Cemetery the soul has took its flight to a happier, brighter home, where pain and sorrow are not known. May she rest in peace, and my God comfort and strengthen those left behind is our earnest prayer. IN
MEMORY OF BROOKSIE CAPPS
Brooksie has gone home to God, Dear gentle, patient, noble girl that
she was, is gone. She went away without a murmur or complaint, there
were no traces of her cares, her suffering’s and fatigues, she bore it
all so nobly. Of all the many weeks she was sick, she never complained
that she was tired of her bed, nor that things were not just as she
would have them. It seems to me no brighter jewel has ever entered the
pearly gates of heaven. She had a happy, cheerful disposition, a smile
for everybody; to old and young and rich and poor alike she was kind
and gentle.Many a time have I seen the faces of the old and careworn brighten and look up as she entered the door; she carried sunshine wherever she went. She was a devoted daughter, a loving true sister and the boon companion of her dear old Grandfather and Grandmother. Oh how they will miss her! Her greatest delight was to go and help Grandmother get ready for company. She thought no one had a Grandfather like hers. But alas. She is gone. As we looked upon her Sunday, she seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breathe of life, not one who had lived and suffered death. “Gone home to God! Dear one, gone home No more earth’s fallow ground to roam, No more life’s bliss or woe to share, Transplanted to a purer air, The rose and bud that here was ours, Now blooms in heaven’s celestial bowers, Gone home to God! Gone home and yet, Our tears for thee shall flow no more, But with a faith born of our grief, We at the cross will seek, relief, That as we bend above the tomb, Resigned may say, Thy will be done.” She was born July 7, 1894, died August 30th, 1913. 19 years, 1 month and 23 days on earth, but oh how short it seems to us now, just blooming into young womanhood and fair as a rose bud, but the angel band will throw wide the pearly gates and exclaim, “Welcome home, Brooksie.” by ONE WHO LOVED HER --------- CARD
OF THANKS
With grateful hearts and bowed heads we tender our most sincere thanks
to each and all of our dear friends who came to cheer and brighten the
last days of our dear Brooksie. May God bless each one of you is our
prayer.M.W. and Mallie CAPPS and Family --------------- This obit was provided by Sylvia Banks - it was in her Mother's bible since 1913. |
| B.F. Gates
information from the death certificate of Benjamin Franklin Gates Name: Benjamin Franklin Gates Place of Death: Fulton, Fulton, KY Date of Birth: 8 Feb 1858 Age at Death: 84y, 4m Occupation: Farming Birthplace: Weakley Co., TN Father: James Gates Father’s Birthplace: VA Mother: Matilda McGhinn [Desty McGee/Magee] Mother’s Birthplace: Lake Co., TN Informant: Ed Gates [son], Fulton, KY Date of Death: 9 Jun 1921 Cause of Death: Hurt by RR train, internally hurt from railroad by buggy being struck while crossing RR track Source: Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [ancestry.com on-line database]; Certificate # 12112; Certificate Year: 1921  Submitted by Scott Tracy |
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