Barney Albritton, sales center manager of McComb Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and part of the company’s leadership team presented Sheriff Bryant “Wally” Jones with Coca-Cola products as a gesture of appreciation for first responders, according to a post from the Pike County Sheriff’s Office.
The gesture was made in connection with the remembrance of Sept. 11, 2001, and recognition of the courage and sacrifice of first responders who ran toward danger to help others. The Sheriff’s Office thanked Albritton and the McComb Coca-Cola Bottling Company team for recognizing first responders and helping honor the spirit of service associated with 9/11.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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