He attended Valparaiso University, was a clerk and then manager of Callaway Department Stores, then Treasurer of Callaway Mills, and President of LaGrange National Bank, President of LaGrange Savings Bank, member Rotary Club of LaGrange, Highland Country Club, LaGrange Welfare Association, served on the LaGrange City Council, lived in New York City 1922-1925, in connection with his work for Callaway Mills, In World War I, he served as Chair of the Liberty Loan Drives, and in all five drives Troup County was first in the nation to subscribe its full quota. He was State Director of United War Work in 1918 and Vice President of Georgia Baptist Convention. [1]
Sources
↑ Johnson, Forrest Clark, III. Callaway genealogy. Troup County Archives. 2007.
Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998, , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V49S-ZXY : 24 December 2014), Ely R Callaway, 05 Nov 1956; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Troup, Georgia, certificate number 27518, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96775974/ely-reeves-callaway: accessed 26 November 2022), memorial page for Ely Reeves Callaway (5 Jun 1880–5 Nov 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 96775974, citing Shadowlawn Cemetery, LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Samuel Taylor Geer (contributor 46925792).
Johnson, Forrest Clark, III. Callaway genealogy. Troup County Archives. 2007.
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