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'''Garner Hugh Tullis, Sr.'''  (April 4, 1893 &nbsp; February 18, 1966), was a [[business]]man and civic leader from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who formed his own brokerage firm, Tullis, Craig & Bright, and became a partner of E. F. Hutton & Company. He was also a nationally known [[Yacht|yachtsman]] who won the races in 1930, 1932, and 1948 between St. Petersburg, [[Florida]], and [[Havana]], [[Cuba]].<ref name=dict>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - T - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 30, 2021.</ref>

'''Garner Hugh Tullis, Sr.'''  (April 4, 1893 &nbsp; February 18, 1966), was a [[business]]man and civic leader from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who formed his own brokerage firm, Tullis, Craig & Bright, and became a partner of E. F. Hutton & Company. He was also a nationally known [[Yacht|yachtsman]] who won the races in 1930, 1932, and 1948 between St. Petersburg, [[Florida]], and [[Havana]], [[Cuba]].<ref name=dict>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - T - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 30, 2021.</ref>

Tullis was born in St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, the smallest in population of the sixty-four parishes, located along the [[Mississippi River]] in northeastern [[Louisiana]], to the [[attorney]] and landowner, Judge Hugh Tullis (1857–1931) and the former Mellie Belmont Watson of Jefferson County, [[Mississippi]].<ref name=dict/> His cousin, Joseph Tullis Curry]] (1895-1961), was a state representative for Tensas Parish from 1930 to 1944.<ref>Matthew Reonas, ''Once Proud Princes: Planters and Plantation Culture in Louisiana's Northeast Delta, From the First World War Through the Great Depression,'' p. 27 ([[Baton Rouge]]" [[Louisiana State University]] dissertation, December 2006.</ref>

Tullis was born in St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, the smallest in population of the sixty-four parishes, located along the [[Mississippi River]] in northeastern [[Louisiana]], to the [[attorney]] and landowner, Judge Hugh Tullis (1857–1931) and the former Mellie Belmont Watson of Jefferson County, [[Mississippi]].<ref name=dict/> His cousin, Joseph Tullis Curry]] (1895-1961), was a state representative for Tensas Parish from 1930 to 1944.<ref>Matthew Reonas, ''Once Proud Princes: Planters and Plantation Culture in Louisiana's Northeast Delta, From the First World War Through the Great Depression,'' p. 27 ([[Baton Rouge]]":[[Louisiana State University]] dissertation, December 2006).</ref>

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 whole city. 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.<ref name=dict/><ref>Garner Hugh Tullis (1893-1966) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed April 30, 2021.</ref>

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 whole city. 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.<ref name=dict/><ref>Garner Hugh Tullis (1893-1966) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed April 30, 2021.</ref>