 1907 - 1992 (85 years)
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| Name |
Fuller Earle Callaway |
| Suffix |
Jr |
| Birth |
7 Jan 1907 |
La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
16 Jan 1992 |
La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA |
| Person ID |
I9305 |
tng Genealogy |
| Father |
Fuller Earle Callaway, Sr, b. 15 Jul 1870, La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA d. 12 Feb 1928, La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA (Age 57 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Ida Jane Cason, b. 16 Jul 1872, Jewell, Warren, Georgia, USA d. 10 Apr 1936, La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA (Age 63 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
28 Apr 1891 |
La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA |
| Family ID |
F3525 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Alice Hinman Hand, b. 4 Oct 1912, Pelham, Mitchell, Georgia, USA d. 15 Jan 1998, La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Aug 1930 |
Pelham, Mitchell, Georgia, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Fuller Earle Callaway, b. 17 Oct 1931, La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA d. 21 Sep 1971, San Mateo, San Mateo, California, USA (Age 39 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Living |
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| Family ID |
F3527 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 7 Jan 1907 - La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA |
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 | Marriage - 6 Aug 1930 - Pelham, Mitchell, Georgia, USA |
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| Death - 16 Jan 1992 - La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA |
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| Notes |
- Fuller Earle Callaway Jr.
Born in LaGrange, Fuller Callaway Jr. (1907-92) graduated from LaGrange High, Georgia School of Technology, and the Eastman School of Business in Poughkeepsie, New York. He started working in the mills at age fourteen and became president of Callaway Mills in 1935. He was a community leader and a benefactor of the town of LaGrange, LaGrange College, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Fuller Jr. operated Callaway Mills for many years and established foundations that gave away millions during his lifetime.
In 1948 Fuller Jr. took a ten-year leave from mill management. During those years, he painted, worked with electronics, and assembled a herd of Hereford cattle. He then returned to the helm of Callaway Mills and successfully guided operations until April 1968, when he shocked many by selling Callaway Mills for cash to Roger Milliken and Deering-Milliken Company of Spartanburg, South Carolina.
In 1930 Fuller Jr. married Alice Hinman Hand of Pelham. Fuller and Alice had met years earlier when their siblings, Cason and Virginia, married. Fuller and Alice had two children, Ida and Fuller. They lived at the Hills and Dales estate of his parents, where Alice worked for decades to preserve the home and gardens. Since Alice's death, the gardens have been renamed Ferrell Gardens at Hills and Dales and are open to the public on a limited basis.
Fuller Jr. helped to found the Institute of Textile Technology in Charlottesville, Virginia, and along with two other alumni, the Georgia Tech Research Institute, which supports research in all areas of the sciences. In 1943 he organized the Callaway Community Foundation (later the Callaway Foundation). The foundation carried on the work of the Textile Benefit Association organized by his father in 1919. The Callaway Foundation owned all assets of Callaway Mills and has made contributions from income to religious, charitable, and educational organizations. More than $251 million from the foundation have has been given to local, state, and national groups between 1943 and 2003.
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