Arthur "Jack" Davis Autrey

Arthur (Jack) Davis Autrey, Jr. passed away February 10, 2021 surrounded by his family. Arthur was born in Honoraville, Alabama to the late Arthur Davis Autrey Sr. and Doris Morgan Autrey. Arthur, was known by everyone as “Jack”. He was given this nickname as a toddler by his grandfather because he was as “stubborn as a jack ass”. This was a trait that stayed with him his entire life… Ask his hospice nurse… Or his daughter. Jack loved his three grandchildren most of all and moved from Alabama to Georgia to be with them. He was a “Friday Night Fixture” in the stands every Fall for nearly a decade watching them either play football or cheer on the sidelines. Later, he followed all their team stats in their respective College Sports, sometimes knowing more than they did. Jack enjoyed a long successful career as an electrician and was described by many of his peers “as a great guy who could fix just about anything you put in front of him”. He also worked alongside his family running the Montgomery international Speedway, a stock car race track which hosted many well known race car drivers like Bobby and Davey Allison and Red Farmer. Jack went on to help his brother in law, Bob Harmon create and then run the All Pro Racing Series until it was sold to NASCAR and Jack finally retired from the sport he loved so much. An Alabama native, Jack loved his Crimson Tide and the beloved Bear Bryant. To his horror, his daughter and only child chose to go to LSU or what he referred to as “Lousy, Sorry University”.In what he saw as a further betrayal, his eldest grandchild attended Ole Miss. Finally he felt some peace when his granddaughter enrolled in Samford University this past fall. He acknowledged it asthe “right state, wrong school”. To the shock and then amusement of his family, he picked up a new hobby during “his unfortunate incarceration” otherwise known as hospice with his loving family. He seemed to take a perverse delight in the many spam calls he received on a daily basis. He would answer the call, allow the caller to get a sentence out and then yell “Go to Hell!” loudly before ending the call with the finger dexterity of a middle schooler instead of an 80-year-old man with 10% heart function. His favorite targets were the many callers who were trying to sell him life insurance during his “unfortunate incarceration otherwise known as hospice with his loving family”. He was full of colorful stories that he loved to entertain his neighbors with. He was generous to a fault and kind beyond words unless you kept him from going to the Dollar Store during his unfortunate incarceration.... “He is survived by his daughter Felicia (Kenny) Jones, and grandchildren Ellis Morgan Jones, Mason Jones, and Faith Jones.” There are no services at this time, however, a Celebration of Life will be scheduled for the Spring in Alabama.