Country Music Legend Chet Atkins' Widow Has Died

Nashville, TN -- Chet Aktins' widow, Leona Johnson Atkins, is being buried tomorrow. She was 85 when she passed away. As a young woman Atkins and her twin sister performed as the singing duo "The Johnson Twins." She met her husband while performing on a radio station (WLW) in Cincinnati. They got married in 1946. Vince Gill is one of the pallbearers for tomorrow's service. Garrison Keillor is an honorary pallbearer.

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