Kevin Wilson

Kevin Wilson, longtime municipal judge for the city of Collegedale, died Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. Wilson served as the municipal judge since 1990, when the position became an elected one. Wilson earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from Southern Adventist University in 1978, followed by a law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1982. He practiced for one year in Knoxville before opening the practice of Wilson and Wilson in 1982 with his wife, Scarlett T. Wilson. In addition to being a member of both the Chattanooga Bar Association and Tennessee Bar Association, he was a member of the Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference, Tennessee General Sessions Judges Conference, and the American Collectors Association International.