FROSTBRUG,MARYLAND -- James Harris McKenzie, 85, Frostburg, died last night in Miners Hospital where he was admitted last week after being struck by an automobile.

McKenzie was seriously injured last Tuesday afternoon when he was struck by a car operated by Francis H. Lutz, Baltimore.

The accident occurred along U.S. Route 40, about one mile west of Frostburg. State Police, who investigated, said Mr. McKenzie resided in the area of the accident and was crossing the highway when he was struck.

Police said McKenzie apparently failed to see the Lutz car and walked into the path of the vehicle. He sustained a compound fracture of the right leg, fractured shoulder and multiple lacerations of his face and forehead.

Mr. McKenzie was the son of the late John and Sarah (Christner) McKenzie. He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Jeanette (Painter) McKenzie; nine daughters, Mrs. Robert Wiley, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. John McKenzie, Akron; Mrs. Harold Wampler, Manassas, Va.; Mrs. William Beechie, Vale Summit; Mrs. Evelyn Leary, Baltimore; Mrs. Beulah McKenzie, Akron; Mrs. Charles Yoder, Glen Burnie; Mrs. Warren Snyder, Pittsburgh; and Mrs. Joy Perkins, Midland; five sons, Lawrence, James, Frank and Edgar McKenzie, all of Frostburg, and Glen McKenzie, Eckhart.

Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Emma Younkin, Washington; Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, Frostburg, and Mrs. Eulah Robison, Eckhart; two brothers, Jacob McKenzie, Frostburg, and Joseph McKenzie, Avilton; 49 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

The body will be at the Durst Funeral Home in Frostburg after 7 p.m. today.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.


The Cumberland Evening Times, April 14, 1959
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 17, 2011