<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/george-joe-v-atkinson-jr.html" dsn="news"><item_date>02/22/2022 01:37:00 PM</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><firstname>George 'Joe'</firstname><middlename/><maidenname/><lastname>Atkinson</lastname><suffix>Jr.</suffix><graduation-Year>'76</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed/><position-held-at-the-university/><title>George 'Joe' V. Atkinson Jr.</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>
    
      George ‘Joe’ V. Atkinson Jr. (’76), Victoria. He spent his entire adult life helping people and serving his community as a law enforcement officer for 22 years, a member of the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission and a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. He was an avid sports fan and supporter of anything UNT. For his last game, he watched the Mean Green’s overtime, come-from-behind victory against Rice in November. He loved the Mean Green and the “Not So Mean Green,” as he affectionately called them during any downtimes.
    

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