Chambers County AlArchives Obituaries.....Lanier, Sr., George Huguley September 17, 1948
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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.

Additional Comments:

Alabama Deaths, 1908-59  
Name Death Date Death County Volume Certificate Roll Comment Page # Sex Race   
George H Lanier 17 Sep 1948 Chambers 35 17454 5 
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He was the son of Lafayette Lanier and Ada Alice Huguley. He married Marie 
Lamar on 20 Feb 1904, daughter of Charles Winn Lamar & Josephine Elizabeth 
Nichols.

They were the parents of 7 children: Marion (died as an infant/toddler), Joseph 
Lamar Lanier, Sr., George Huguley Lanier, Jr., Marie Lamar Lanier (m. Joseph L. 
Jennings), Lucy Janet Lanier (m. Otis Florence Nixon, Jr.), and Bruce Nichols 
Lanier, Sr.

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