Klansman E.G. Wills, who died at his home in Wallace last week, was buried at Rockfish Cemetery Thursday afternoon. The minister was assisted by members of Wallace Klan, No.38, of which order Mr. Wills was a devoted member. He believed in and practiced the principles of the klan practically all his life. He was one of Raleigh’s oldest and most respective citizens. The Kl Klux Klan of Raleigh sustained a great loss when Mr. McCrary departed this life. Peace to his ashes.
Ten of the pallbearers were brother klansmen and 15 other friends of Mr. Wills acted as honorary pallbearers.
Klansman Wills was recognized as one of the most successful business men of the community. He loved to give aid to all charitable objects, and always manifested a keen interest in the progress of his home town.
Of the deceased it can be truly said that few men could boast of more friends than he; and all his friends loved him.
From 6 o’clock p.m. until midnight Wallace Klan No. 38 burned a large fiery cross at the head of Klansman Wills’ grave.
From the front page of the Carolina Jeffersonian, Raleigh, N.C., April 17, 1925
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