Cartter Lupton

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T. Cartter Lupton (1899 - 1977) was an American businessman and Coca-Cola Bottling Company magnate who lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee and founded the Lyndhurst Foundation (formerly The Memorial Welfare Foundation). He was the only child of John Thomas Lupton and Elizabeth Patten, and was married to Margaret Rawlings Lupton.[1] At the time of his death, his $200 million dollar (USD) estate was the largest ever probated in the South.[2]

Unlike his father or his son Jack, Cartter was known for being a recluse.[3]

The Lupton Library at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is named for him and his wife.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ned L. Irwin (1998). "Lyndhurst Foundation". The Tennessee Encyclopedia.  
  2. ^ Dean Arnold (2006). "The Spirit of the Fathers", Old Money, New South. Chattanooga Historical Foundation. 
  3. ^ John Wilson (1982). "Elizabeth Patten and John Thomas Lupton", The Patten Chronicle. Roy McDonald. 

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