Albritten's Funeral Service

Published 10:13 AM EDT May 4, 2018 Carl McAloose's highly successful, then bizarre tenure at Florida SouthWestern State College is winding down. The former founding FSW athletic director who spearheaded the campaign to construct $28 million Suncoast Credit Union Arena and made all the Bucs' head coach hires will be finished on June 30, when his contract runs out. McAloose was hired in February 2014 to reintroduce junior college sports -- when the school was called Edison, it fielded teams from 1963-97 -- to FSW. He started only with visions. Not a person or facility was in place and he had to be creative, like arranging for the Bucs baseball and softball teams to play at City of Palms Park. McAloose also was highly involved with the plans of Suncoast Credit Union Arena. ...

She was buried by Albritten Funeral Service alongside other family members at Sardis cemetery.Robert Albritten opened Nelson's casket and the family said found her body wet and moldy.  "You could literally lift her up and it was water underneath her. I myself have never heard of anything like that," Pearman said.When the pump was turned off, the empty grave quickly started filling with water again. They don't believe the vault or casket had been sealed correctly or buried deep enough.Pearman said "We just want her buried in a proper area, out there to where we don't have to worry every time if it rains, is it going to push her up again."I spoke with Robert Albritten on the phone, and he said he would replace the casket and vault, and rebury Nelson anywhere in the cemetery the family requested at no extra cost, to make it right for Mary Nelson's family.Albritten told me he did nothing wrong. That the plot is in the lowest spot in the cemetery and it was an act of God, all that rain. The family has their doubts, and say they are very upset, not sure of their future plans today.