Fuller Earle Callaway

Fuller Earle Callaway Sr. (July 15, 1870 – February 12, 1928) was an American textile manufacturer who was regarded as one of the leading industrial magnates of the Southern United States during the first decades of the 20th century.

Biography Early years Fuller E. Callaway was born in the county seat of LaGrange in Troup County, Georgia, on July 15, 1870, the son of a second-generation Baptist minister, Rev. Abner Reeves Callaway. His mother, the former Sarah Jane Howard, died when Fuller was 8 years old. He is a descendant of the family that founded the Callaway Plantation in Washington, Georgia.

Entrepreneurial in spirit from his youth, at age 18 Callaway made use of $500 he had saved in addition to borrowed starting capital and launched a dime store in his native LaGrange. For a time he was the president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association.

Death and legacy Fuller E. Callaway Sr. died on February 12, 1928, at his home, Hills and Dales Estate in LaGrange, Georgia. One son, Fuller E. Callaway Jr., would later become the CEO of Callaway Mills. Callaway Plaza on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology is named after him. The other son, Cason Jewell Callaway, founded Callaway Gardens.

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