Fuller Earle Callaway, Jr. (1907-1992)

Textile Manufacturer and Philanthropist. Son of textile manufacturer, Fuller Earle Callaway (1870-1928) and Ida Jane Cason (1872-1936), he served Callaway Mills from 1927 until its purchase by Milliken and Company in 1968 as director, treasurer, president and executive chairman. He served as treasurer of Valley Waste Mills, Tuline, Valway Rug Mills, Rockweave, Oakleaf Mills, Unite Cotton Mills, Hillside Cotton Mills, Elm City Cotton Mills, Manchester Cotton Mills, Milstead Manufacturing Company, Calumet Company, Calumet Cotton Mills and was director and treasurer of Wadle Development Company. He served as treasurer, president and board chairman of the Milstead Railroad Company; treasurer, trustee and board chairman of the Textile Benefit Association. He was trustee, president and board chairman of Callaway Institute; trustee and board chairman of Callaway Educational Association; trustee, president, secretary and treasurer of Fuller E. Callaway Foundation; director of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Hartford and New Britain, Connecticut; director and treasurer of Fuller E. Callaway Company; Director of LaGrange National Bank and LaGrange Savings Bank; director of Habersham Mills; trustee of Habersham Mills Foundation, Inc.; director, president and board chairman of International Leasing Corporation and director, president and board chairman of International Products and Services, Inc. Originally buried at Hillview Cemetery, Troup County, Georgia, he was re-interred in the Callaway Family Cemetery, Troup County, Georgia on the grounds of "Hills and Dales" estate in La Grange.