Robert married Bessie Lee Byars on 2 Mar 1946 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Bessie (daughter of Perry Green "Green" Byars and Vernia Elvira "Ma" Swindell) was born on 8 Feb 1925 in DeKalb County, Tennessee; died on 12 Jul 2013 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee; was buried on 14 Jul 2013 in Mount View Cemetery, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]