death_place death_date children birth_place birth_date spouse residence article_title name occupation
near apalachicola , florida 18 february 1966 malcolm , jr. eli watson tullis mccullough tullis mary lee tullis garner hugh tullis st. joseph , tensas parish louisiana , usa 4 april 1893 mary lee brown tullis -lrb- married 1916 -rrb- new orleans , louisiana garner h. tullis
 garner hugh tullis , sr. . businessman
garner h. tullis

garner hugh tullis , sr. -lrb- april 4 , 1893 -- february 18 , 1966 -rrb- , 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 -lrb- 1857 -- 1931 -rrb- 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 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 -lrb- later charter security life insurance -rrb- .
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 -lrb- born 1917 -rrb- , mary lee tullis -lrb- born 1919 -rrb- , garner hugh tullis , jr. -lrb- 1923 -- 1930 -rrb- , and eli watson tullis -lrb- born 1928 -rrb- .
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 '' .
