Background
Capers, Walter Branham was born on August 8, 1870 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Bishop Ellison and Charlotte Rebecca (Palmer) Capers.
Capers, Walter Branham was born on August 8, 1870 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Bishop Ellison and Charlotte Rebecca (Palmer) Capers.
Student South Carolina College, Columbia, South Carolina., 1887-1890. Graduate Virginia Theological Seminary, 1897. Doctor of Divinity, University of the South, 1917.
In newspaper work 4 years. Deacon, 1897; priest, 1898, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector John's Memorial Church, Farmville, Virginia, 1897-1901, Saint Peter’s Church, Columbia, Tennessee, 1901-1911.
President Columbia Institute, 1906-1918.
In charge Trinity Church, New Orleans, 1918-1919. Rector Saint Andrew’s Church, Jackson, Mississippi, since 1919.
Deputy to General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church from diocese of Tennessee, 1907-1910. Same from diocese of Mississippi, 1922-1928.
Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Mason.; Club: Century (Columbia).
Married Louise Drane Woldridge, of Columbia, Tennessee, June 29, 1904. Children: Walter Woldridge, Charlotte.