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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 6, 2017
Percy Wilkins Jr. died on Friday in Nashville. He was 83. Wilkins, a native of North Carolina, served in the U.S. Air Force and found himself in Tennessee when he was assigned to Stewart Air Force Base in Smyra. He was married to his wife of 62 years on the NBC television show Bride and Groom, and in 1957 he accompanied troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to integrate Central High School. Wilkins practiced real estate law until his retirement in 2004. Visitation will be held on Saturday at 1 p.m. with a celebration of life to follow at 2 p.m. Donations may be made to Alive Hospice, the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands or Conexion Americas.