Wylie reminisces about a full life with 52 years at newspaper

Continued from Page 5 internet and social media for their information. “’I saw it on the internet,’ is what you hear now,” he said. “My questions are, is it true and can you prove it?”

Wylie grew up in Little Rock and graduated from Central High School in 1962. His was the first class to completely go through the school following desegregation.

He then studied chemistry and biology at Little Rock University before “getting a letter” from Uncle Sam shortly after graduation.

Wylie and a friend, George Barker, received those draft notices the same week and decided to join the Air Force together. Wylie was stationed in North Dakota while his friend was shipped to Korea.

Wylie served almost four years in the Air Force, the final two as an instructor for intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems while in North Dakota. That experience later led to a position as biomedical instrumentation technician

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