Citadel Alumni Obituaries

Cason Jewell Callaway, Jr. age 86, died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at home. Mr.
Callaway was born in LaGrange, Georgia, the son of Cason Jewell Callaway and
Virginia Hand Callaway. A graduate of Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA,
and a student at The Citadel, Charleston, SC until World War II, when Lt. JG
Callaway served in the First Chemical Casual Company. A lifelong
entrepreneur, Mr. Callaway returned to Georgia to start Dixie Size and
Chemical, which was sold to Exxon as Callaway Chemical in 1985. He served on
many business advisory boards, both local and national, including 4th
National Bank, Royal Crown Cola, Boy Scouts of America, Garden Conservancy,
The Smithsonian and was a trustee emeritus of his alma mater, Episcopal High
School. In Harris County, he supported early childhood education by
implementing a pilot program focusing on the parent/child relationship. A
generous, loving man with a wicked tennis backhand in earlier days, he
always loved reading and over time developed strong concentration and focus.
Mr. Callaway’s last business venture was to start the Callaway Blue Springs
Water Company in 2002. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister
Virginia, and his grandson Kent Callaway. He is survived by his beloved wife
of 61 years, Nancy Hodges Callaway, his four children Phebe Robertson, Cason
Callaway, III, Kenneth Callaway, and Florence Holmes, ten grandchildren, and
seven great-grandchildren. His heart included love for all his extended
family and friends and the family is grateful for all the caretakers that
assisted him. Following a family burial, a memorial service and celebration
of his life will be held 4:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 23, 2010 at St. Nicholas
Episcopal Church, 69 Mobley Road, Hamilton, with the Reverend Jeff Jackson
and retired Pastor Mabry Collins officiating. In lieu of flowers the family
requests memorial donations be made to St. Nicholas Episcopal or a charity
of their choice.

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