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Jean “Jeanie” McBride Capps Wear, loving wife, mother and grandmother passed away peacefully Saturday, June 9, 2007, in Paris.

She was born Aug. 10, 1938, in Dallas, to Frances Dale and Joseph Murrow McBride. She graduated from Highland Park High School in 1956 and attended SMU for three years majoring in drama and Spanish. She was a stewardess with American Airlines before marrying John Hatcher Capps on Dec. 24, 1959. They had four children, Mary Frances, Cynthia Louise, Linda Susan and John Hatcher.

An accomplished actress on stage and in numerous commercials and films, she won two prestigious CLIO awards for her role as ‘Mavis Davis’ in a series of commercials. While in Dallas she worked at Brook Hollow Golf Club, Lincoln Property Company — where she won various sales awards — and earned her real estate license.