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Gertrude Sprague Carraway (August 6, 1896 – May 7, 1993) was an American educator, journalist who wrote for The New York Times and the Associated Press, served as the 22nd President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and preservationist who led restoration efforts of Tryon Palace.
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
Albritton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alex Albritton (1892–1940), American baseball pitcher; Ben Albritton (born 1968), American politician from Florida; Claude C. Albritton (1913–1988), American geologist, professor, and university administrator; Dave Albritton (1913–1994), American high jumper and politician
From 1990 to 2004, Albritton was a teacher and assistant football coach at St. Anthony School in Wailuku, Hawaii and was also a personal trainer on Maui for professional athletes, including Shane Victorino of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Albritton suffered a fatal heart attack in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where he had retired in 2004. At the time he ...
David Donald Albritton (April 13, 1913 – May 14, 1994) was an American athlete, teacher, coach, and state legislator. He had a long athletic career that spanned three decades and numerous titles and was one of the first high jumpers to use the straddle technique .
Albritton was born in Live Oak, Florida, on February 12 of either 1892 or 1894, the son of D. W. and Charlotte Albritton. [note 1] [2] [3] At some point after 1900, his family moved to Ben Hill County, Georgia. Albritton later married a woman named Marie and they lived in both Florida and Philadelphia before he began his baseball career. [4]
Claude C. Albritton Jr. (1913–1988) was a geologist, professor, author and university administrator. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He had an academic career at Southern Methodist University (SMU) where he retired as Warren B. Hamilton Professor of Geology.
Dr. Charles N. Carraway founded the hospital in 1908, in a house in Pratt City, now a neighborhood in Birmingham, with the capacity to treat 16 patients. [5] Carraway was an innovator in many ways: "Carraway financed the new facility by getting Birmingham businesses to agree to pay $1 a month per employee, or $1.25 per family, for treatment.