Chapel Hill business legend Milton Julian passed away on Saturday, January 17. He was 96.

Julian graduated from UNC in 1941 and served in World War II before coming back home and opening Milton’s Clothing Cupboard on West Franklin Street in 1948 – one of several stores operated by the famous Julian family. Milton’s eventually expanded to six locations across the Southeast – and in 2013 Milton Julian was named a “Town Treasure” by the Chapel Hill Historical Society.

Read the full obituary from Howerton & Bryan Funeral Home in Durham.

Milton Julian is survived by six of his seven children as well as ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.