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James Kenneth Atkins
Date of Death or Service Feb 13, 2021
James Kenneth Atkins
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Family and friends will assemble at the graveside at Dickson County Memorial Gardens, 3230 Hwy 70 East, Burns, TN on Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 12 Noon for graveside funeral services. Jake Lockert will officiate. Place of rest in the Dickson County Memorial Gardens

In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the church Kenneth and Brenda attended and loved, The White Bluff United Methodist Church Memorial Fund. Joyce Gass, 2130 Sunset Dr., White Bluff, TN 38187

Kenneth, age 81, of Charlotte, TN died peacefully February 3,  2021 at his home.

He was born in Stewart County, Tennessee on February 8, 1939 to the late John Marvin and Lena Byrd Atkins. He was a graduate of Stewart County High School. After high school he attended Austin Peay University and went on to graduate from Nashville YMCA Law School. He was preceded in death by his siblings, Gene Atkins, Sidney Atkins, Harold Atkins, Mary Atkins Obney, Eleanor Atkins Smith,

Kenneth served in the District Attorney General 23rd  Judicial Circuit for 30 years. He was elected as District Attorney General and served from 1982 until 1990. After retirement from the State of Tennessee he served in private practice part-time.

In his spare time and social time, Kenneth and his wife, Brenda

 loved playing music. He played music his whole life. During the years of the Grand Ole Hatchery in downtown Dickson he spent so many weekends making music. He also enjoyed playing at the White Bluff Community Center and the District Attorney conferences.

Kenneth loved and cared for his family and loved his God, his work friends,  music friends and all of his many friends.

Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Brenda Heflin Atkins, his son, John Marvin Atkins, his daughter, Paula Atkins, grandson, John Dalton Howell and fiancée Jessica Fauscette and John Dalton’s half- brother, Jackson Howell, loved as a “second grandchild”. Numerous nieces and nephews

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