Garner H. Tullis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Garner H. Tullis

Louisiana businessman and yachtsman

Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1893

Place of Birth: St. Joseph, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1966

Profession: businessperson, military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Garner H. Tullis

  • Garner Hugh Tullis Sr.
  • (April 4, 1893 February 18, 1966), was a businessman and civic leader from New Orleans, Louisiana, who formed his own brokerage firm, Tullis, Craig & Bright, and became a partner of E.
  • F.
  • Hutton & Co.
  • He was also a nationally known yachtsman who won the races in 1930, 1932, and 1948 between St.
  • Petersburg, Florida, and Havana, Cuba. Tullis was born in St.
  • Joseph, the seat of Tensas Parish, located along the Mississippi River in northeastern Louisiana, to the attorney and landowner Hugh Tullis (1857–1931) and the former Nellie Watson.
  • His cousin, Joseph T.
  • Curry, was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Tensas Parish from 1930 to 1944.Tullis arrived in New Orleans at the age of sixteen and worked his way from messenger in a cotton firm to become the principal cotton trader in the city at the New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
  • Employed by John F.
  • Clark & Company, he later formed his own brokerage company and then became the Hutton partner in New Orleans.
  • He was a founder of the Louisiana and Southern Life Insurance Company (later Charter Security Life Insurance).
  • He chaired the board of the company until his death. During World War II, Tullis served as a lieutenant commander in the United States Coast Guard and as commander of the Port of Orleans Security Volunteer Force. Tullis married the former Mary Lee Brown on October 6, 1916.
  • Their children were Malcolm McCullough Tullis (born 1917), Mary Lee Tullis (born 1919), Garner Hugh Tullis Jr.
  • (1923–1930), and Eli Watson Tullis (born 1928). In 1939, Tullis purchased a historic home in Biloxi, Mississippi, for use as a summer home.
  • It subsequently became known as the Tullis-Toledano Manor.
  • After its sale to the city of Biloxi in 1975, it became a popular museum and local attraction.
  • Many young couples were married on the beautiful grounds of the manor.
  • It was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. Tullis "ruled" New Orleans as Rex, King of Carnival in 1935.
  • His interest in yachts led to his becoming the commodore of the Southern Yacht Club.
  • He died while cruising off the Gulf of Mexico near Apalachicola, Florida, aboard his yacht Windjammer.

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