Ernie Albritton, 68, of Senatobia, died Saturday, December 28, 2002 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Mr. Albritton was an educational trainer/coach for the Tate County Schools, and employee for the U.S. Department of Transportation, a member of the M-Club and Sports Hall of Fame at Mississippi College; played in the C.F.L. for the Toronto Argonauts; honored as Mississippi Citizen of the Year; honored as Mississippi Athlete of the Year; first head coach at Warren Central High School, and also coached at numerous other public and private schools in Mississippi; voted as Private School Track Coach of the Year in 2002; supply music minister in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Oklahoma; member of the Albritton Quartet, the Middle Cross Quartet, and the Remembering Time Quartet; and a member of First Baptist Church in Senatobia. Services were held Tuesday, December 31 at First Baptist Church in Senatobia with interment in Senatobia Memorial Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Roy Thigpen, Jeff Albritton, Jimmy Hollingsworth, Mike Boyd, Alyson Coyle, Bill Gidden, Jimmy Kimbrough, Ron Sennett, Don Waggoner, and Walter Barns. Honorary pallbearers were Michey Johnson, Chris Carlisle, Tommy Davis, Shannon Mangrum, Wallace Wright, "Puddin" Charles Davis, Gov. William Waller, Preston Riley, Kent Speer, Rufus Warren, Jerry Stigler, and Mike Foresman. Rev. Brent Bozeman officiated.

Mr. Albritton is survived by his wife, Kitt Albritton of Senatobia; two daughters, Michele Ricker of Meridian and Cherie Anderton of Vicksburg; one step-daughter, Liesl Sanden Ross of Waukesha, Wisc.; two sons, Jay Albritton of Vicksburg and Scott Albritton of Brandon, Miss.; one step-son, Erich G. Doser of Ann Arbor, Mich.; his mother, Cleola Albritton of Oklahoma City; one sister, Marty Odom of Oklahoma City; two brothers, Truman Albritton of Senatobia and Paul Albritton of Vicksburg; and seven grandchildren.