UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Brett D. Easley 123 South Front Street TN, Memphis 38103 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AutoZone, Inc. (AZO) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 9/6/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Senior Vice President 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |10/19/|M | |6666 |A |20.125 | |D | | | 2001 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |10/19/|S | |6666 |D |59.7745 |522 |D | | | 2001 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ~~Non-Qualified~~Incentive Stock OpOption|2071.~~125~~12 |109/196/ |MA | |~~6666~~2000 |DA |2 |019/0806/|Common Stock|~~6666~~2000 |~~20.125~~ |~~3334~~2000 |D | | ~~tions~~ (~~right~~Right to ~~buy~~Buy) 1 | |/2002 ~~200~~| | | | | |12 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Non-Qualified Stock Op|71.12 |9/~~2007~~6/ |A | |48000 |A |2 |9/07/|Common Stock|48000 | |48000 |D | | tion (Right to Buy) 1 | |2002 | | | | | |12 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|

Explanation of Responses: 1. Granted in accordance with the AutoZone, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan. 2. Options exercisable in one-fourth increments on September 6, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively.

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