Jack Albritton

Jack Albritton

A portrait of Jack Albritton, former Sycamore Mayor and business owner.
Also, a portrait of Jack Albritton with daughter Rene Albritton Fortson.

James Riley “Jack” Albritton, who turns 95 in 2022, has lived a life worth talking about. He served in the Air Corps at age 17 (yes, underage) to help clean up Pearl Harbor. He created a thriving mechanic business in the sleepy town of Sycamore. He was a role model to young teens in the community, active in local politics, a leader in his church, and has even survived prostate and bladder cancer. He lived and breathed his work but even retirement doesn’t slow him down. Just ask the neighbor who saw him cutting down a tree in his front yard a few years back by himself. The Turner County Project got to sit on the Albritton side porch on January 15, 2022, with Jack, his wife Patsy, and his daughter Rene Fortson to discuss his life and his legacy.

Sami Mastrario, Turner County Project

January 15, 2022

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