Person:Garner Tullis (7)

From Richard Tullis: Garner Tullis studied law at Tulane University but left to pursue a career in the cotton business. From 1909 until 1923, he was employed by various cotton firms. In 1923, Garner established a partnership in New Orleans with Robert E. Craig and Malcolm Brown, known as Tullis, Craig and Company (later Tullis, Craig and Bright when Edger A.G. Bright joined the partnership). The firm became one of the most important cotton brokerage firms in the South. Garner Tullis served three consecutive terms as President of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Garner H. Tullis was chosen Rex, King of Carnival, for the 1935 Mardi Gras. The Tullis-Toledano Manor, the family's summer residence in Biloxi, Mississippi, is now used as an historical and recreational site.

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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record Name: Garner Hugh Tullis City: New Orleans County: Orleans State: Louisiana Birthplace: Louisiana;United States of America Birth Date: 10 Apr 1893 Race: Caucasian Roll: 1684927 DraftBoard: 13

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Florida Death Index, 1961-1966 Name: Garner Hugh Tullis Volume: 2792 Certificate: 8474 Place: Franklin Race: W Gender: M Death Date: Feb 1966

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