WILLIAM CAPERTON HUGHES SPRINGS, Texas-William Ray Caperton, 69, of Hughes Springs died Sunday, March 20, 2005, in a Linden, Texas, hospital. Mr. Caperton was born July 5, 1935, in Hughes Springs. He was retired from Lone Star Steel, a city councilman, a member of Missionary Baptist Church and Hughes Springs Ambulance Service and a former Hughes Springs fire chief. Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Lee Caperton of Hughes Springs; two sons and one daughter-in-law, David and Kitsy Caperton of Forney, Texas, and Kenneth "Sput" Caperton of Hughes Springs; two daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Mike Nix and Tina and Terry Immel of Hughes Springs; and nine grandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. today at Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Larry Neeley officiating. Burial will be in Sardis Cemetery under direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home.