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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 10, 2021

Shelby County attorney Charles Robert Perkins died in Nashville on Dec. 4. He was 85. Perkins worked as an attorney and government official for more than 60 years in Memphis and Shelby County. Graduating in 1967, he was a member of the first and charter law school class from Memphis State. He was admitted to practice before the Tennessee Supreme Court, U.S. District Court and U.S. Supreme Court. His clients included major corporate businesses, a major bank, the City of Memphis, Town of Arlington and Memphis Light, Gas and Water. Visitation will be Dec. 16 at 12:30 p.m. CST with the funeral following at 2 p.m., all at Forest Hill Baptist Church, 3645 Forest Hill Irene Rd., Germantown 38138. Burial will be at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Union University, Attn: Advancement Office, 1050 Union University Dr., Jackson, TN 38305.