Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at North Shady Grove Church of God in Cascilla for Mr. Ricky Gene Allbritton, 63, of Holcomb, who died on Tuesday, March 14, in Grenada. Burial followed in the church cemetery. The Rev. John Meeks and the Rev. Jerry Hill officiated. The family received friends from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service and from 1 p.m. until service time on Thursday, March 16, at North Shady Grove Church of God.
Ricky was born on Dec. 11, 1959, in Tallahatchie County. He was a self-employed electrician and was very skilled in his trade. He loved the Lord and enjoyed worshipping with fellow believers at Grenada Church of the Nazarene where he was a member. In his spare time, Ricky enjoyed fishing, gardening and hunting. He was also known as being the crawfish man, having caught and cooked hundreds of pounds of crawfish for friends and family throughout the years. He possessed a servant’s heart and will be lovingly remembered as a man who would help anyone in their time of need.
His parents, Ida Mae and Harvey “Boonie” Carpenter and Paul and Bobbie Allbritton, and one brother, Glen Carpenter, preceded Ricky in death.
Survivors include, his wife, Tammy Allbritton; daughter, Raven Ashley Allbritton of Holcomb; two sons, Jacob Hunter Allbritton of Jackson and Andrew Asberry Allbritton of Brookhaven; three sisters, Joann Trusty (James), Anna “Stella” Bardo and Landis Kendall (Tim), all of Cascilla and one brother, Leslie Paul “Bubba” Allbritton (Nicole) of Charleston.
Chad Carpenter, T.J. Carpenter, Steven Kendall, Zach Moore, Colton Kendall and Corey Kendall honored Ricky by serving as pallbearers and carried him to rest in the North Shady Grove Cemetery.
Online condolences can be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com
McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada was in charge of arrangements.
