George Walton Felker, III

Background

III, George Walton Felker, was born on October 26, 1915 in Monroe, Georgia, United States. Son of George Walton Junior and Julia (Ray) F.

Education

Graduate, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1936.

Career

With, Barnes Textile Associations, Boston, 1936-1938; with, Dan River Mills, Danville, Virginia, 1938-1947; vice president, Avondale Mills, New York City, 1947-1957; vice president, Riegel Textile Corporation, New York City, 1957-1962; president, treasurer, Walton Mill, Inc., Monroe, Georgia, 1962-1980; president, Monroe Mills, Inc., 1968-1980; Chairman of the Board, Walton, Monroe Mills, Inc., Monroe, since 1980; also board directors, Walton, Monroe Mills, Inc., Monroe. Board directors First American Bank of Walton, Monroe, since 1951.

Achievements

• George Walton Felker, III has been listed as a noteworthy textile executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Georgia Technology Foundation, Inc. Atlanta, since 1973, president, 1983-1985. Trustee First United Methodist Church, Monroe.

Mentor Judicial Nominating Commission, Atlanta, since 1983. Served to lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1942-1947, PTO. Member of Piedmont Driving, The Commerce, Homosassa Fishing (Atlanta). Monroe Golf and Country.

Grandfather Mountain Golf and Country (Linville, North Carolina).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Paxton Grant, October, 1941 (deceased April, 1942). Married Lella Royster Burnett, December 12, 1946. Children: Julia, Louise, Stephen, Emily.

Father:

George Walton F. Junior

Mother:

Julia (Ray) F.

Spouse:

Elizabeth Paxton Grant

Spouse:

Lella Royster Burnett

child:

Julia III

child:

Emily III

child:

Louise III

child:

Stephen III