FRANK LLOYD PRYOR

PRYOR, FRANK LLOYD - age 88, went to heaven, on Monday, November 24, 2014, from complications resulting from a home fall. A resident of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, many will remember him as a longtime people greeter in the local Wal-Mart. Although born in Wilson, Oklahoma, he spent his youth in Pryor, Oklahoma, from which he volunteered for the United States Marines in 1944. Frank was one of the few survivors of the bloody WWII battle at Iwo Jima. He then served with the occupational troops in Japan, and received honorable discharge as a Corporal in 1946. Frank earned a B.S. degree from Oklahoma State University from the School of Engineering in diesel mechanics. He worked in Administration for TD Williamson, Inc. in Tulsa, OK for four years. After many interim jobs, including a four-year stint with the Boston Mother Church of Christ Scientists, he then worked ten years for Brown & Root as an office manager and personnel officer for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project in Oak Ridge. Frank was very active in the Christian Science Church for most of his life which helped guide his path and made him the wonderful man that everyone knew and loved. He continued to lead the Church in Oak Ridge until his demise. He is preceded in death by parents, Martin L. Pryor and Berta L. Hensley Pryor; and siblings, William H. Pryor, and Mary Helen Pryor Roadstrum. Frank is survived by his local children, Jeffrey M. Pryor, a Welding Inspector at ORNL, and Janice L. Pryor, a Registered Nurse at UT Medical Center; the mother of his children, Mary June (Wattenbarger) Pryor, currently lives in North Knoxville. A memorial service will be held at East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, 2200 East Governor John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN, on Friday December 5, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Honor Air Knoxville, 7536 Taggart Lane, Knoxville, TN 37938-8996. Arrangements by Cremation Options, Inc. (865)6WE-CARE (693-2273) www.cremationoptionsinc.com