Dr. James L. McAnally, 76, Loudon

Native of Maury County, Tennessee, passed away Sunday morning, July 19, 2015 on his farm. Preceded in death by parents, Evelyn and Paul McAnally of Maury County and brother Dr. Vernon R. McAnally of Shelbyville. Survived by wife, Mary O'Sullivan McAnally; children and spouses, Fiona McAnally of Knoxville and Conn McAnally (Paula) of Knoxville, Deirdre Sennott (Sam) of Portland, Oregon; grandchildren, Augustus and Isabella McAnally, and Madeleine Sennott; sister and husband, Jean and Jasper Foster of Columbia, Tennessee; sister-in-law Dr. Kathy McAnally of Dayton, Tennessee.

McAnally was a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church since 1979. He was a past member of the Loudon Rotary Club, the American Nuclear Society and pursued his passion for woodworking in several woodworking clubs. He was active in Boy Scouts of America for much of his life, attending international jamborees and achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. He was a Scout Master in Lenoir City for Troop 60 in the 1980s.

McAnally was a member of Oak Ridge's first kindergarten class in 1943. He attended public schools in Oak Ridge, Mt. Pleasant and Clinton and was a graduate of Columbia Military Academy. A nuclear engineering graduate of the University of Tennessee and Purdue University, he also received his business graduate degree from Harvard University.

He was a federally licensed reactor operator and installed the controls and operated the first nuclear reactor in Ireland in 1966. He was the Project Manager for the design and construction for two nuclear plants in Illinois. At TVA he was Vice President of Nuclear Support. He finished his career working as a U.S. Department of Energy contractor at several sites including Vice President of Waste Management and Environmental Restoration for the operating contractor at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory where he was responsible for much of the nation's plutonium waste material. He organized and was President/CEO of Rocky Mountain Remediation Services LLC, the operating contractor for waste management, deconstruction and environmental restoration at DOE's Rocky Mountain plutonium facility at Golden, Colorado as well as Chairman for Denver West Construction Company. He completed his career as President/CEO of Manufacturing Sciences Corporation in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Vice President of BNFL Inc for Oak Ridge Operations.

Friends may call at their convenience Wednesday at Click Funeral Home in Lenoir City. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 23rd at Lakeview Cemetery in Lenoir City with Father Doug Owens officiating. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Boy Scouts of America, Great Smoky Council.

Click Funeral Home, 109 Walnut Street, Lenoir City is in charge of arrangements.