Lillian Capps

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Lillian M. Capps, 89, of Sikeston died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Feb. 26, 1914, in Essex, Mo., daughter of Alonzo and Katherine Mann Hawley. She and Harvey O. Capps were married Dec. 8, 1934, in Essex. He died Feb. 2, 2000.

Capps had lived in Sikeston since 1947. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and VFW Ladies Auxiliary 3174.

Survivors include a son, Dale Capps of Sikeston; a daughter, LaVerne Hager of Twin Lake, Mich.; two brothers, Roy and Russell Hawley of Flint, Mich.; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother and a great-great-grandson.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel, with the Rev. Joe McCullough officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery.