Charles Wilson Capps, Jr. (January 1, 1925 – December 25, 2009) was a

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

politician and legislator. He was sheriff of

Bolivar County, Mississippi Bolivar County ( ) is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,985. Its county seats are Rosedale and Cleveland. The county is named in honor of Simón Bolívar, earl ...

in 1964. From 1972 until 2005, he was a member of the

Mississippi House of Representatives The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ...

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* People from Bolivar County, Mississippi Military personnel from Mississippi University of Mississippi alumni Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives 1925 births 2009 deaths 20th-century American politicians United States Army personnel of World War II {{Mississippi-politician-stub