Albright, Colonel Clay Dan Jr. USAF (Ret.), 90, of Richmond, VA, formerly of Crescent City, CA, died Sunday, November 30, 2008.
He is survived by his daughter, Patricia A. Shaw of Kernersville, NC; two sons, Theodore W. Albright of Muscle Shoals, AL, and Jon M. Albright of Richmond, VA; his brother, George H. Albright of Tuskegee, AL; one granddaughter, five grandsons, and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Clay D. Albright III.
Colonel Albright served during three wars, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
In January of 1942, he was transferred to Tuskegee Army Air Field, AL, and trained many of the all-black "Tuskegee Airmen" to become pilots. Some of his original students became noted black airmen including General Benjamin O. Davis (Lt. Gen.) and the first Four Star black General in the Air Force, General Chappie James. Colonel Albright was the recipient of three Bronze Stars and the Air Force Commendation Medal.
Remains rest at the Central Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 3215 Cutshaw Ave., Richmond. Services with military honors will be held 2 p.m., Thursday, December 4, in the Hollywood Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel, Richmond.
Interment will be in El Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK, on Saturday, December 6. The family requests that memorial donations be made to their favorite charity.
He is survived by his daughter, Patricia A. Shaw of Kernersville, NC; two sons, Theodore W. Albright of Muscle Shoals, AL, and Jon M. Albright of Richmond, VA; his brother, George H. Albright of Tuskegee, AL; one granddaughter, five grandsons, and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Clay D. Albright III.
Colonel Albright served during three wars, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
In January of 1942, he was transferred to Tuskegee Army Air Field, AL, and trained many of the all-black "Tuskegee Airmen" to become pilots. Some of his original students became noted black airmen including General Benjamin O. Davis (Lt. Gen.) and the first Four Star black General in the Air Force, General Chappie James. Colonel Albright was the recipient of three Bronze Stars and the Air Force Commendation Medal.
Remains rest at the Central Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 3215 Cutshaw Ave., Richmond. Services with military honors will be held 2 p.m., Thursday, December 4, in the Hollywood Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel, Richmond.
Interment will be in El Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK, on Saturday, December 6. The family requests that memorial donations be made to their favorite charity.
Albright, Colonel Clay Dan Jr. USAF (Ret.), 90, of Richmond, VA, formerly of Crescent City, CA, died Sunday, November 30, 2008.
He is survived by his daughter, Patricia A. Shaw of Kernersville, NC; two sons, Theodore W. Albright of Muscle Shoals, AL, and Jon M. Albright of Richmond, VA; his brother, George H. Albright of Tuskegee, AL; one granddaughter, five grandsons, and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Clay D. Albright III.
Colonel Albright served during three wars, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
In January of 1942, he was transferred to Tuskegee Army Air Field, AL, and trained many of the all-black "Tuskegee Airmen" to become pilots. Some of his original students became noted black airmen including General Benjamin O. Davis (Lt. Gen.) and the first Four Star black General in the Air Force, General Chappie James. Colonel Albright was the recipient of three Bronze Stars and the Air Force Commendation Medal.
Remains rest at the Central Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 3215 Cutshaw Ave., Richmond. Services with military honors will be held 2 p.m., Thursday, December 4, in the Hollywood Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel, Richmond.
Interment will be in El Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK, on Saturday, December 6. The family requests that memorial donations be made to their favorite charity.
He is survived by his daughter, Patricia A. Shaw of Kernersville, NC; two sons, Theodore W. Albright of Muscle Shoals, AL, and Jon M. Albright of Richmond, VA; his brother, George H. Albright of Tuskegee, AL; one granddaughter, five grandsons, and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Clay D. Albright III.
Colonel Albright served during three wars, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
In January of 1942, he was transferred to Tuskegee Army Air Field, AL, and trained many of the all-black "Tuskegee Airmen" to become pilots. Some of his original students became noted black airmen including General Benjamin O. Davis (Lt. Gen.) and the first Four Star black General in the Air Force, General Chappie James. Colonel Albright was the recipient of three Bronze Stars and the Air Force Commendation Medal.
Remains rest at the Central Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 3215 Cutshaw Ave., Richmond. Services with military honors will be held 2 p.m., Thursday, December 4, in the Hollywood Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel, Richmond.
Interment will be in El Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK, on Saturday, December 6. The family requests that memorial donations be made to their favorite charity.
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