Obituary of Henry Wills ********************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 From: http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000008 ********************************** Henry Wills Owingsville Outlook, Thursday, June 30, 1910 Henry Wills' Death Henry Wills, one of the most prominent old citizens of Salt Lick, died about 3 o'clock a.m. Wednesday June 22, and was buried Thursday at 11 o'clock a.m. at the Lower Salt Lick cemetery. He was aged about 82 years and had been confined with illness for a long time. He was a farmer and contractor and builder in his active years. He was an ardent Republican, and was looked to as a leader in his community, enjoying the best esteem of his people. His wife died 3 or 4 years ago. Of his family three survive four sons and three daughters: Wesley, of Salt Lick; Mrs. mary Greer, of Camargo; Mrs. Effie Gorman, of Mt. Sterling; B. F., of Covington; Dutch, of Morehead; John, at home, and Mrs. Ida Down, of Oklahoma. Enoch Wills, of Salt Lick, is his only surviving brother. RESOLUTIONS- Salt Lick Lodge, No. 682, F. & A.M., Salt Lick, Kentucky, June 23, 1910 The solemn notes that betoken the dissolution of this earthly tabernacle has again alarmed our outer door, and another spirit has been summoned to that land where our fathers have gone before us. Just before the dawn of June 22, 1910, the Grand Architect of the Universe called from our midst Brother Henry Wills. Therefore be it Resolved that by his death our lodge has lost an honored Mason, who was a charter member and the first master of our lodge; that his family has lost a kind and loving father, the community an honest and upright man. His every day life and details thereof bespeak for him an abundant entrance into the chamber of the Master. Resolved that we extend to the family our deepest sympathy in this their hour of grief, and that these expressions of our feelings be recorded in the minutes of this lodge; that a copy be transmitted to his bereaved family, and a copy sent to The Owingsville Outlook for publication. Sherman Gullett A. M. Liard John P. Colliver Committee