Lucy Beall Candler Owens Heinz Leide (April 11, 1883 – September 3, 1962) was an American heiress. She was the only daughter of Asa Griggs Candler, the co-founder of The Coca-Cola Company.[1][2][3]
Lucy Beall Candler Leide | |
|---|---|
 Lucy Candler in 1900 | |
| Born | Lucy Beall Candler April 14, 1883 |
| Died | September 3, 1962 (aged 79) |
| Education | Agnes Scott College |
| Spouses | William Davies Owens Sr.
(m. 1903; died 1914)Henry Heinz
(m. 1920; died 1943) |
| Children | Elizabeth Candler Owens Vann (1904–1934) William Davies Owens Jr. (1911-1993) Henry Charles Heinz Jr. (1918–1998) |
| Parent(s) | Asa Griggs Candler Lucy Elizabeth Howard |
Biography edit
Early life edit
She was born on April 11, 1883, in Atlanta, Georgia. Growing up, she learned to play the piano.[4] She lived with her parents at Callan Castle at 61 Elizabeth Street in the Atlanta, Georgia, neighborhood Inman Park. She attended school at West End Institute.[5] She played the organ for Inman Park Methodist Church.[4] She attended Agnes Scott College in neighboring Decatur, Georgia.[4]
Marriages edit
On June 11, 1903, she married her first husband, William Davies Owens.[6] He became an assistant cashier (a manager) at Central Bank and Trust in Atlanta, the bank that Asa Candler started in 1905. At first, they lived together in her parents’ home. In 1910 they moved to a newly built home in nearby Druid Hills which became known as The Goose. It was located at what is now 1449 South Ponce de Leon Avenue. In 1968, the home became the Mother Goose day care center and, later, classroom space for The Paideia School until it burned down in 2009.[4] William Owens died of influenza and a heart attack in the house in 1914.[4] Lucy suffered from a serious bout of typhoid fever.[4]
Around 1920, she married Henry Heinz, a banker and president of Kiwanis International. Heinz was shot by a burglar at their home, Rainbow Terrace, in 1943.[7] A black railroad worker confessed to the crime, but rumours persisted that a relative murdered Heinz.[8]
Around 1945, she married Enrico Leide, a concert cellist and orchestra conductor who conducted the first Atlanta Symphony Orchestra from 1920 to 1930.[9] He was the brother of the violinist and composer Manoah Leide-Tedesco.
Death edit
She died on September 3, 1962, aboard the RMS Caronia while on a cruise of the Mediterranean Sea.[1][10]
References edit
- ^ a b "Mrs. Enrico Leide Is Dead. Daughter of Coca-Cola Head". New York Times. Associated Press. September 7, 1962. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
Lucy Candler Leide, daughter of the founder of the Coca Cola Company, died Monday aboard the steamship Caronia on a Mediterranean cruise. ...
- ^ "Asa Griggs Candler Residence" Archived July 1, 2012, at archive.today, Atlanta History Center
- ^ "CANDLER, ASA GRIGGS, 1851–1929". Asa Griggs Candler papers, 1821–1951, Emory University Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
- ^ a b c d e f Richards, Peter. "The Goose’s 99-Year History: From Candlers to Paideia" Archived April 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Paideia School Newsletter, Vol. XXXX, No. 3, November–December 2009, p.7–9; photo of Lucy Candler on p.9.
- ^ Lucy Beall Candler papers, "CANDLER, ASA GRIGGS, 1851–1929". Asa Griggs Candler papers, 1821–1951, Emory University Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
- ^ "Candler-Owens". Atlanta Constitution. June 12, 1903. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
The beautiful new home of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Candler, in Inman Park, was the scene last evening of a brilliant wedding, when their daughter, Miss Lucy Beall ...
- ^ "Husband of Coca Cola Heiress is Slain by Burglar", Painesville Telegraph, September 29, 1943.
- ^ Pendergrast, Mark, For God, Country and Coca-Cola, p.133.
- ^ Enrico Leide Archived November 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at Atlanta History Center
- ^ RMS Caronia Timeline: Ship's Course & Activities, September 1962