Robert Burns Wysor, age 86 of Clinton, passed away peacefully on January 9, 2015.
He was born March 13, 1928 in War, West Virginia to the late Charles Naff and Elizabeth Wysor. He grew up in Honaker, Virginia and graduated from Virginia Tech in mechanical engineering. He worked in Huntsville and Birmingham, Alabama and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He was a private pilot and loved to fly in his earlier years. He was very mechanically inclined, taught by his father, an aircraft mechanic in WWI. Most of his work in Huntsville was on the space program where he helped design an experiment that went to the moon. A highlight of his career was meeting the astronauts.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1946.
He moved to Clinton, Tennessee in 1977 to work with Oak Ridge National Lab. He was a long time active member of Memorial United Methodist Church where he helped develop a membership database and installed a system for the hearing-impaired in the sanctuary.
In retirement, he loved his daily walks, working with his computer, and studying his Bible.
Bob enjoyed working with his bird feeders and was endlessly in pursuit of a contraption to foil the squirrels.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his sisters, Betty Walls, Patty Wyatt, and Joanne Howard.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 64 years, Esther Lee; brother, Charles Wysor (Katie); brother, Larry Wysor (Carolyn); daughter, Karen Wysor Reeves (Ward) of Evanston, Illinois; son, Wes Wysor (Karen) of Farragut, Tennessee; and son, Conrad Wysor (Gina) of Trussville, Alabama; grandchildren, Austin and Layton Wysor, Sarah, Jessica, and Abigail Wysor, and Sophia and Katy Reeves.

The family will receive friends Sunday, January 11th from 1-3 PM at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton. Funeral service will begin at 3 o'clock in the chapel. Interment will follow at Grandview Memorial Gardens.
In lieu flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the Alzheimer's foundation at www.alzfdn.org.
Holley-Gamble Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. www.holleygamblefh.com