Services for Willie Thomas Willis will be noon Saturday, November 25, 2006, at St. Mark C.M.E. Church. Burial will follow in Jordan Valley Memorial park under the direction of Stanmore Funeral Home. Visitation will be 6-7 p.m. November 24, 2006, at Stanmore Funeral Home Chapel.

He was born on Gregg County, Pleasant Hill community, to Major Tom and Lillie Willis. He went to his heavenly home November 2, 2006.

W.T. matriculated in public school on Marshall, Texas, and graduated from Anderson High School in Marshall. He then attended Prairie View A&M College in Prairie View, Texas, and received his bachelor of science degree. He was drafted during World War II and served four years. He then returned home and received his master of education degree from Bishop College in Marshall.

W.T. was a 32nd degree Mason and participated for many years. He was a member of Pleasant Hill C.M.E. Church from an early age. He was a member of the usher board and a steward of the church. He married Sidney Bell April 14, 1961, and then joined St. Mark C.M.E.