Alice Hinman Hand (1912-1998)

Philanthropist and Conservator of Ferrell Gardens. Noted for her interest in historic preservation and love of gardening, Mrs. Callaway was the wife of textile manufacturer, Fuller Earle Callaway, Jr. She lead the oversight of Ferrell Gardens; the five acre Italian Renaissance and Baroque gardens that was the center piece of her families three-thousand acre estate "Hills and Dales," from 1936 until her death in 1998. She was a generous benefactor to the city of La Grange, Troup County Historical Society, a founding member of the Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, trustee of the Fuller E. Callaway Foundation, Inc., trustee of the Callaway Foundation, Inc., and chairperson of Charitable Services Company. Originally buried at Hillview Cemetery in La Grange, Georgia, she was re-interred in the Callaway Family Cemetery on the grounds of "Hills and Dales" estate in La Grange.