Willis Elbert Mollison (1859—1924) was an American teacher, newspaper editor, politician, banker, businessman, lawyer, public official, and civil rights advocate in Mississippi.

[4] Willis Elbert Mollison was born on September 15, 1859 in Mayersville, Mississippi.

[5][6] He wrote a book The Leading Afro-Americans of Vicksburg, Miss., Their Enterprises, Churches, Schools, Lodges and Societies (1908), about prominent African Americans in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

[3] Mollison published The Golden Rule a four-page weekly newspaper in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

[6] His son, Irvin C. Mollison also was a lawyer and served as president of the Bar Association of Cook County, Illinois.