Dorothy H. Capps

Capps, Dorothy Haycraft Cash, 86 was born in Snap, Kentucky on September 17, 1926, and departed from this life in Louisville, Kentucky on November 23, 2012. She leaves behind to cherish and preserve her memory her companion, Hayden Capps, and her daughters, Linda Priddy (Albert), Joyce Cash, and Paula Cash; her grandchildren, Anna Priddy, Steven Priddy, Angie Priddy (Lonnie Bell), W. Andrew Cash (Amy), Jaime Smialek and Jenna Smialek. In addition to these are five great-grandchildren who were privileged to know the woman who was their great-grandmother: Dylan and Adam Bell, Quentin Cash, and Hadley and Alexander Kronick. She is also survived by her siblings; Jewell (Tommy), Joanna (Rodney), J.T. (Sharon), Margie (Carl), Melvin, Barbara, Dean, Susie, Pamela, Colleen and David. Dorothy is now with those who went before her, her husband, William Joseph Cash, her son, Bill Cash and her siblings Edgar, Wilbert, Ewell, Roberta and Alene.

She was the center of our family and our hearts. As a child she survived the Great Depression, but her mother, Ollie Jane Hornback, passed away in 1931, when Dorothy was only five. Her father, William McKinley Haycraft, died in 1941, leaving her an orphan at the age of fifteen. By 1944, Dorothy was living in Louisville with her Grandma Hornback and working at the Ballard Biscuit Company. In 1946 she married William Cash. They had four children, Bill, Linda, Joyce, and Paula. Throughout her marriage, she continued to work, now at Armour Foods, where she was to stay thirty-five years. She believed it was important for every person to work and for a woman to earn her own money. Her resilience was tested when she was widowed in 1964. In 1966 she married Hayden Capps.

She never complained, but was a model of strength, fortitude, and persistence. She took care of each member of this family with grace and elegance. After retirement from Armour, she went to work at Bacon’s in their alterations department, a job she enjoyed very much, as she always appreciated good clothes. She eventually retired from this job as well, after another twelve years.

Dorothy made friends wherever she went. She was an active member of every church she attended, usually volunteering to teach Sunday school to the youngest. She loved to read, sew, and cook. We are thankful, in this season, for the time we had with this remarkable woman.

A service honoring the life of Dorothy will be held Wednesday at 2pm at Evergreen Funeral Home with burial to follow at Evergreen Cemetery.

Visitation will be Tuesday from 12-8pm at the funeral home and will resume Wednesday at 12pm until the start of the funeral.