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John Walker Wills Sr.

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John Walker Wills Sr.

Birth
Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio, USA
Death
23 Apr 1971 (aged 96)
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot
Section 50 Lot 2
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Founder and director of the state's largest black-owned funeral business. An ardent supporter of the theory that economic self-help was the key to black progress, he helped organize the city's first black business organization in 1905, the Cleveland Board of Trade, which grew into the Cleveland Association of Colored Men. He was a founder of the local branch of the NAACP and the Negro Welfare Association (Urban League of Cleveland).
Founder and director of the state's largest black-owned funeral business. An ardent supporter of the theory that economic self-help was the key to black progress, he helped organize the city's first black business organization in 1905, the Cleveland Board of Trade, which grew into the Cleveland Association of Colored Men. He was a founder of the local branch of the NAACP and the Negro Welfare Association (Urban League of Cleveland).

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  • Created by: Donna
  • Added: Jul 13, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54887362/john_walker-wills: accessed ), memorial page for John Walker Wills Sr. (3 Jun 1874–23 Apr 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54887362, citing Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Donna (contributor 46910450).