Florida Citrus Hall Of Fame Receives Memorial Donation

The Florida Citrus, Business & Industries Fund (FCBI) and Highland-Exchange Service Cooperative (HESCO) recently donated a $1,650 honorarium to the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame in memory of G. Edwin Albritton, who passed away on Jan. 14, 2014. The honorarium will be used to fund educational outreach efforts of the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame and to promote the Florida Citrus Archives at Florida Southern College, in Lakeland.

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Mr. Albritton served on numerous citrus industry boards throughout his life, including the FCBI Board of Trustees for more than 20 years, serving as Chairman from 1998 until his retirement in 2003; HESCO, Seald Sweet, Florida’s Natural Growers, Lake Wales Citrus Growers’ Association,  and Florida Citrus Packers.

The Florida Citrus, Business & Industries Fund (FCBI) is a group self-insurance fund founded in 1977 to provide access to workers’ compensation insurance for citrus employers in Florida. Formed in 1972, Highland-Exchange Service Cooperative (HESCO) offers grower, packer, processor, agricultural, and operational supplies, servicing clients in a wide array of industries from facilities in Waverly and Vero Beach.

FCBI Fund Board Chairman and HESCO CEO Gap Kovach said: “I can’t think of a more fitting tribute to the lasting memory of Edwin Albritton than to fund this donation to the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame in remembrance of our dear friend and colleague. I hope others will join us in honoring his memory.”

John Jackson, Chairman of the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame, received the funds on behalf of the Hall of Fame and Florida Southern College. “We are deeply saddened by his loss,” said Jackson, “but he would have been happy to know that educational outreach efforts regarding our industry heritage will be made in his honor.”

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To donate to the George Edwin Albritton Honorarium, please send checks payable to the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame, 411 E. Orange Street, Lakeland, FL 33801, Memo: Albritton Honorarium.

Source: Florida Citrus Hall of Fame

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