Deceased Name: Capus Waynick
96, a former ambassador to Nicaragua and Colombia during the Truman administration, died Sept. 7 at a Greensboro nursing home.
Capus Miller Waynick (1889-1986), the son of Joshua James Newton and Anna (Moore) Waynick, was born in the Monroeton community of Rockingham County.
His father, a Presbyterian, worked as a farmer, blacksmith, and building contractor.
Capus Waynick received his early education at the Cross Keys School near Monroeton and, after the family moved to Greensboro in 1902.
He enrolled at the University of North Carolina in 1907, but left the university in 1909.
He married Elizabeth McBee in 1915.
Charlotte Observer, The (NC) - September 8, 1986
Deceased Name: C. WAYNICK, FORMER ENVOY TO NICARAGUA
Capus Waynick , a former ambassador to Nicaragua and Colombia during the Truman administration, died Sunday at a Greensboro nursing home. He was 96.
Waynick was the head of a federal program designed to help underdeveloped countries.
After serving as editor and publisher of The Greensboro Record and as editor of The High Point Enterprise, Waynick served terms in the N.C. House and Senate in the 1930s. Also during the decade, Waynick was chairman of the
N.C. Highway Commission.
Waynick served as ambassador to Nicaragua in 1949 and to Colombia in 1951.
Funeral services were scheduled for Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at Sechrest Funeral Home in High Point.
Deceased Name: Capus Waynick
96, a former ambassador to Nicaragua and Colombia during the Truman administration, died Sept. 7 at a Greensboro nursing home.
Capus Miller Waynick (1889-1986), the son of Joshua James Newton and Anna (Moore) Waynick, was born in the Monroeton community of Rockingham County.
His father, a Presbyterian, worked as a farmer, blacksmith, and building contractor.
Capus Waynick received his early education at the Cross Keys School near Monroeton and, after the family moved to Greensboro in 1902.
He enrolled at the University of North Carolina in 1907, but left the university in 1909.
He married Elizabeth McBee in 1915.
Charlotte Observer, The (NC) - September 8, 1986
Deceased Name: C. WAYNICK, FORMER ENVOY TO NICARAGUA
Capus Waynick , a former ambassador to Nicaragua and Colombia during the Truman administration, died Sunday at a Greensboro nursing home. He was 96.
Waynick was the head of a federal program designed to help underdeveloped countries.
After serving as editor and publisher of The Greensboro Record and as editor of The High Point Enterprise, Waynick served terms in the N.C. House and Senate in the 1930s. Also during the decade, Waynick was chairman of the
N.C. Highway Commission.
Waynick served as ambassador to Nicaragua in 1949 and to Colombia in 1951.
Funeral services were scheduled for Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at Sechrest Funeral Home in High Point.
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