Eddie Tullis was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1938 to Volt and Florence Walker Tullis. A graduate of Ernest Ward High School, he went on to attend Faulkner State College in Bay Minette, Alabama after serving in the U.S. Navy.
Eddie and his wife, Mary Jane McGhee Tullis have four daughters, nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
After leaving the Navy, Eddie was employed with the Monsanto Company for more than 35 years before retiring. Even while employed, Eddie dedicated many of his efforts to issues affecting the lives of Native Americans. He served as a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians Tribal Council for more than 40 years. He spent 27 of those as Tribal Chairman. He remains a national leader in Indian Country, including two presidential appointments as chairman of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education and as a board director for the White House Conference of Indian Education.
He was admitted to the Atmore Area Hall of Fame in 2015 and recognized in the “Top 50 over 50” for the state of Alabama in 2019.
