He passed away in 2012. His obituary lists the following as his children: Willie Mae Smith, Jerilyn Robinson, Laurine Blair, Joyce Atkinson, Carolyn Shaffer, Margaret Johnson, Eustesia Mccree, Christine Atkinson, Calvin Atkinson,
Larry Atkinson, and Kevin Reese. No wife is mentioned.[1] Burial was in the Garden of Devotion in the Tallahassee Memory Gardens cemetery in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. His grave marker is inscribed: Forever in Our Hearts, In God's loving Care.[2]
Sources
↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTM-MGRX : 10 September 2016), Willie Junior Atkinson Sr, Florida, United States, 28 Jun 2012; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing tallahassee.com, born-digital text.
↑ Information recorded by Carolyn Martin on 1/29/2016 from grave marker at the Garden of Devotion in Tallahassee Memory Gardens (cemetery), Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA.
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