Fuller Earle Callaway (1870-1928)

Merchant, textile manufacturer; son of Rev. Abner Reeves Callaway (1832-1893) and Sarah Jane Howard (1835-1878). He began his business career at the age of eight and at the age of eighteen opened "Callaway's Famous Five and Ten Cent Store," which grew into the first department store in West Georgia as, "Callaway's Famous Mammoth Department Store." His largest achievement, however, came in textile manufacturing where upon he owned nine textile mills, commonly known as Callaway Mills, in and around La Grange, Troup County, Georgia. His business interests grew to include warehousing, insurance, grocery, and banking concerns. He married in Jewell, Taliaferro County, Georgia on April 16, 1891 Ida Jane Cason (1872-1936). Originally buried at Hillview Cemetery, he was re-interred in the Callaway Family Cemetery, Troup County, Georgia on the grounds of "Hills and Dales" estate in La Grange.