| 1. | Fuller Earle Callaway, Jr was born on 7 Jan 1907 in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA; died on 16 Jan 1992 in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA. 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.
Fuller married Alice Hinman Hand on 6 Aug 1930 in Pelham, Mitchell, Georgia, USA. Alice (daughter of Judson Larrabee Hand and Florence Mae Hollis) was born on 4 Oct 1912 in Pelham, Mitchell, Georgia, USA; died on 15 Jan 1998 in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Fuller Earle Callaway
 was born on 17 Oct 1931 in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA; died on 21 Sep 1971 in San Mateo, San Mateo, California, USA.
- 3. Living
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1907 - 1992 (85 years)
