William James Atkinson III

Viewing and service will be held on Wednesday, August 10, First Baptist Church of Mobile. Visitation 8:30 a.m. family; 9:00-11:00 a.m. friends. The service will be at 11:30 a.m. Following this, there will be a private family graveside service.

Bill is survived by his wife, Cindy, daughter, Rebekah, and sons William, Andrew, Matthew, Joshua and Jonathan; grandchildren Erik, Abigail, William, Cynthia, Sophia, Esther, Manasseh and Nathan; sisters Glenda Coker, Regina Maxwell.

Bill was born July 28, 1955. He graduated from McCallie School (TN), attended UT and was on the NCAA track team of 1974, then earned a MEd from Hyles Anderson College (IN) in 1981. He taught at Central Baptist High School (LA) for 6 yrs before moving back to Mobile, where he started Atkinson Nursery in 1989, and operated it for 25 yrs In 2017, he began as location manager at Flowerwood Nursery

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