
Willie was born Saturday, July 28, 1945 in Jackson County, TN, one of six siblings born to the late Earl Thomas and Clora Jane Witcher Atkins. On October 9, 1965, he married the former Shirley Honaker, who survives. He was a retired Maintenance Supervisor for the Macon County Board of Education, a member of the Lafayette Church of Christ where he served as a Deacon and proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam Era receiving the National Defense Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. Willie loved to fish and was really looking forward to getting his senior fishing license.
Besides his wife, Shirley of 44 years, He is survived by:
Daughters and Son-in-Law,
Wendy and Dwight Cothron of Hartsville,
Laura Atkins of the Coleytown Community,
Grandsons, Kyle and Jacob Cothron of Hartsville,
Sisters and Brother-in-Law, Wanda Evitts of Gallatin, Nannie Evelyn Loyd of Lafayette, Betty Chandler of Madison, Judy and Donnie Gammons of the Webbtown Community,
Brother and Sister-in-Law, Bruce and Kathleen Atkins of Gallatin,
Step-Brother, Larry Harper of Lafayette,
Step-Mother, Virginia Atkins of Lafayette.