(Franklin/Times~Journal) — Walter “Boot” Watkins of Heard County, was diagnosed with late-stage kidney disease. He’s had to start dialysis, hooking up three times a week to a machine that filters his blood.
“It wipes you out,” Walter says. “But right now that is what is keeping me alive.”
Walter was born and raised in Heard County and graduated from Heard High in 1985. In 2005, Walter worked as a reserve police officer for Montgomery, Alabama and the City of Franklin Police.

Walter “Boot” Watkins
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