Marvin Elton WILLS

1914 - 1955  (41 years)

• Name	Marvin Elton WILLS  [1, 2]
  Born	7 Aug 1914	, , Texas, USA   [3, 4]
  	There is an original birth certificate for a male child of Claude and Effie in Bell County, 8 Aug 1915.
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
  Died	25 Dec 1955	Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA   [5]
  	Cause: police officer, shot by unknowns
  	Officer Marvin E. Wills had worked in the patrol division, vice section and was assigned to the warrant section where he was working at the time of his death. Officer Wills was working off-duty at the Western Hills Hotel on Christmas night, 1955. Something got the attention of Officer Wills, and he left the hotel, walking 200 yards south to a vacant lot. Officer Wills became involved in an altercation and was bitten on both hands and arms, was struck twice on the head, and was shot four times with his own pistol. His body was discovered lying face down in the street by a driver passing by. A witness had reported two cars parked on the vacant lot just prior to the murder. Why Officer Wills went to the vacant lot was never determined. The killers were never captured and Officer Wills' pistol was never recovered. [FindaGrave]
  death certificate	26 Dec 1955
  	F M Pressley Jr
  Buried	27 Dec 1955	Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA   [2]
  	Address: Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park Tarrant County Tarrant County, Texas
  Person ID	I17665	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Claude Paul WILLS,   b. 22 Oct 1887, Holland, Bell, Texas, USA ,   d. 25 Oct 1954, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Effie Bell HALBERT,   b. 26 Apr 1892, , , Texas, USA ,   d. 16 May 1960, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Married	Abt 1912
  Family ID	F6571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Police Officer memorial at http://www.odmp.org/officer/15924-police-officer-marvin-elton-wills

  
  

• Sources

  [S1504] 1920 Tarrant TX, ED 162, pg 1A. Marvin F Wills [S275] Death Certificate, Wills, Marvin Elton #63936. [S1504] 1920 Tarrant TX, ED 162, pg 1A. age 5, Texas [S275] Death Certificate, Wills, Marvin Elton #63936. 7 Aug 1917, Texas [S275] Death Certificate, Wills, Marvin Elton #63936. He was a police officer and was murdered.