He was my husband's Great-grandfather. His Grandchildren called him "Big Pa"
Collection: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974
Name: George Huguley Lanier
Death date: 17 Sep 1948
Death place: Lanett, Chambers, Alabama
Gender: Male
Age at death: 68y 25d
Estimated birth year: 1880
Spouse's name: Marie Lamar Lanier
Father's name: Lafayette Lanier
Mother's name: Ada Alice Huguley
Film number: 1908832
Reference number: certificate # 17454
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"The New York Times"
New York, New York
Sept. 18, 1948
George H. Lanier, 68, Leader in Textiles
West Point, Ga., Sept. 17 (AP) - George H. Lanier, head of a large textile industry, died at his home here today at the age of 68. He was president of the West Point Manufacturing Company and the Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works.
The son of Lafayette Lanier, one of the founders of the West Point concern, he assumed command of the plant upon his father's death in 1910 and embarked upon a program of expansion. Later he ws made president of the textile industries of the Chattahoochee Valley and of the Dixie Cotton Mills at LaGrange, Ga.
In 1945 he organized the West Point Utilization Company amd acquired a sales outlet through the purchase of Weillington Sears Comany of Boston.
Mr. Lanier also belonged to concerns outside the state. He was a member of the board of directors of the Cotton Textile Institute, the Cotton Duck Association, the American Cotton Manufacturers Association, the Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Association, the Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia, Southern Bleachery and Dye Works at Taylors, S.C.; Cabin Crafts Inc. at Dalton, Ga., the Wehadkee Yarn Mills at Rock Mills, Ala.; the Continental Gin Company, Birmingham, and Textile Hall, Greenville, S.C.
He leaves a wife and five children, including George H. Lanier, Jr. of New York.
Collection: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974
Name: George Huguley Lanier
Death date: 17 Sep 1948
Death place: Lanett, Chambers, Alabama
Gender: Male
Age at death: 68y 25d
Estimated birth year: 1880
Spouse's name: Marie Lamar Lanier
Father's name: Lafayette Lanier
Mother's name: Ada Alice Huguley
Film number: 1908832
Reference number: certificate # 17454
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"The New York Times"
New York, New York
Sept. 18, 1948
George H. Lanier, 68, Leader in Textiles
West Point, Ga., Sept. 17 (AP) - George H. Lanier, head of a large textile industry, died at his home here today at the age of 68. He was president of the West Point Manufacturing Company and the Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works.
The son of Lafayette Lanier, one of the founders of the West Point concern, he assumed command of the plant upon his father's death in 1910 and embarked upon a program of expansion. Later he ws made president of the textile industries of the Chattahoochee Valley and of the Dixie Cotton Mills at LaGrange, Ga.
In 1945 he organized the West Point Utilization Company amd acquired a sales outlet through the purchase of Weillington Sears Comany of Boston.
Mr. Lanier also belonged to concerns outside the state. He was a member of the board of directors of the Cotton Textile Institute, the Cotton Duck Association, the American Cotton Manufacturers Association, the Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Association, the Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia, Southern Bleachery and Dye Works at Taylors, S.C.; Cabin Crafts Inc. at Dalton, Ga., the Wehadkee Yarn Mills at Rock Mills, Ala.; the Continental Gin Company, Birmingham, and Textile Hall, Greenville, S.C.
He leaves a wife and five children, including George H. Lanier, Jr. of New York.
He was my husband's Great-grandfather. His Grandchildren called him "Big Pa"
Collection: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974
Name: George Huguley Lanier
Death date: 17 Sep 1948
Death place: Lanett, Chambers, Alabama
Gender: Male
Age at death: 68y 25d
Estimated birth year: 1880
Spouse's name: Marie Lamar Lanier
Father's name: Lafayette Lanier
Mother's name: Ada Alice Huguley
Film number: 1908832
Reference number: certificate # 17454
*
"The New York Times"
New York, New York
Sept. 18, 1948
George H. Lanier, 68, Leader in Textiles
West Point, Ga., Sept. 17 (AP) - George H. Lanier, head of a large textile industry, died at his home here today at the age of 68. He was president of the West Point Manufacturing Company and the Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works.
The son of Lafayette Lanier, one of the founders of the West Point concern, he assumed command of the plant upon his father's death in 1910 and embarked upon a program of expansion. Later he ws made president of the textile industries of the Chattahoochee Valley and of the Dixie Cotton Mills at LaGrange, Ga.
In 1945 he organized the West Point Utilization Company amd acquired a sales outlet through the purchase of Weillington Sears Comany of Boston.
Mr. Lanier also belonged to concerns outside the state. He was a member of the board of directors of the Cotton Textile Institute, the Cotton Duck Association, the American Cotton Manufacturers Association, the Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Association, the Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia, Southern Bleachery and Dye Works at Taylors, S.C.; Cabin Crafts Inc. at Dalton, Ga., the Wehadkee Yarn Mills at Rock Mills, Ala.; the Continental Gin Company, Birmingham, and Textile Hall, Greenville, S.C.
He leaves a wife and five children, including George H. Lanier, Jr. of New York.
Collection: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974
Name: George Huguley Lanier
Death date: 17 Sep 1948
Death place: Lanett, Chambers, Alabama
Gender: Male
Age at death: 68y 25d
Estimated birth year: 1880
Spouse's name: Marie Lamar Lanier
Father's name: Lafayette Lanier
Mother's name: Ada Alice Huguley
Film number: 1908832
Reference number: certificate # 17454
*
"The New York Times"
New York, New York
Sept. 18, 1948
George H. Lanier, 68, Leader in Textiles
West Point, Ga., Sept. 17 (AP) - George H. Lanier, head of a large textile industry, died at his home here today at the age of 68. He was president of the West Point Manufacturing Company and the Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works.
The son of Lafayette Lanier, one of the founders of the West Point concern, he assumed command of the plant upon his father's death in 1910 and embarked upon a program of expansion. Later he ws made president of the textile industries of the Chattahoochee Valley and of the Dixie Cotton Mills at LaGrange, Ga.
In 1945 he organized the West Point Utilization Company amd acquired a sales outlet through the purchase of Weillington Sears Comany of Boston.
Mr. Lanier also belonged to concerns outside the state. He was a member of the board of directors of the Cotton Textile Institute, the Cotton Duck Association, the American Cotton Manufacturers Association, the Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Association, the Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia, Southern Bleachery and Dye Works at Taylors, S.C.; Cabin Crafts Inc. at Dalton, Ga., the Wehadkee Yarn Mills at Rock Mills, Ala.; the Continental Gin Company, Birmingham, and Textile Hall, Greenville, S.C.
He leaves a wife and five children, including George H. Lanier, Jr. of New York.
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