Raymond C. "Ray" Albright (February 28, 1934 – July 31, 2017) was an American businessman and politician.
Albright was born in
Paint Rock, Alabama
Paint Rock is a town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States, along the Paint Rock River, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It was incorporated in July 1894.Combustion Engineering where he worked for 19 years making covers for boilers. During this time, he was believed to have been exposed to
asbestos
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. He was diagnosed forty years later with mesothelioma.
Albright was involved in the banking business in Chattanooga, Tennessee, joining the United Bank in 1970 and then as a senior vice president of Union Planters National Bank.
Albright served in the
Tennessee House of Representatives
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Constitutional requirements
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