Mt. Airy Hall of Fame- Granville L Albright

Granville L. Albright

September 21, 1942 -

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER

Granville was born and raised in Mount Airy.  He is a graduate of the Mount Airy High School class of 1960.  While in school he worked for his father at Hipsley and Albright Furniture and Appliances on Main Street in downtown Mount Airy.  He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech in 1965.  After graduation he began his career as a satellite thermal control engineer and continues until today.  He is a charter member of the Mount Airy Junior Fire Company.  

He became an active member of the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company in 1960 and is now serving his 50^Th year of service.Granville has held many offices for the fire company.  He was President from 1976 through 1978, Assistant Chief in 1983, and on the Board of Managers for 21 years. He has served on numerous committees involved with fire prevention, communications, regulations and statistics, and has managed the insurance needs for the company since 1976.  Also active in fund raising activities for the company, Granville is a loyal worker at the Sunday dinners, and has been chairman of concessions for the annual Firemen’s Carnival for 35 years.  Granville also volunteers his services to the Town of Mount Airy for the town numbering system.  

Beyond his involvement locally, Granville worked on the committees of the Carroll County Chief’s Association which created the Emergency Operations Center and instituted advanced 911 service for the county; established the operations procedures for Central Alarm; initiated the County Incident Reporting System and set the requirements for the creation of the County Training Center.

He received the All Around Volunteer of the Year, the Chief’s and President’s Awards for Outstanding Service from the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company.  In 1988 he was named the Mount Airy Rotary Club’s “Public Safety Person of the Year”.  Granville was inducted into the Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Associations Hall of Fame in 2011.  

Granville and his wife, Judy, have been married for forty years and have one daughter, Vicky.  They are members of Calvary United Methodist Church.

Tonight Granville joins his father H. S. “Happy” Albright as a member of the Mount Airy Hall of Fame.