Jim McKenzie, 80, of Wurtland, KY passed from this life on January 17, 2002 at approximately 9am in Our Lady Of Bellefonte Hospital from complications of aspiration pnumonia.
Jim was the son of the late Ed and Laura Potter (Hollingsworth) McKenzie.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Cassie Riffe McKenzie and an infant son James Russell McKenzie.
Jim McKenzie was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith.
Survivors include his son John Edwin McKenzie, of Wurtland. KY a daughter Vivian McKenzie of Russell,KY his last surviving sibling Mary Alice McKenzie Cordle of Flatwoods, KY: Five grandchildren, Laura Emily McKenzie of Wurtland, KY and Brandon Judd Kinner, Jacob Allen Kinner, Cassie Elizabeth Kinner, and Rodham McKenzie Kinner all of Russell, KY: one great-grandaughter, Morgan Hope McKenzie of Wurtland, KY. and his beloved dog Brownie.
There was a visitation at Evan's Funeral Home in Raceland, KY on the evening of Friday, January 18 and his funeral was held on Saturday, January 19 at 1pm. officiated by the Reverend Earl Hazel of The Church Of God of Raceland.
Due to an overnight snowstorm Mr. McKenzie was interred in O'Bryan Cemetary beside his wife on Tuesday, January 21.
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The section of this memorial above this line was
was created and maintained by my brother John until his death Oct. 16, 2006. The section below this line has been created, written and maintained by me, Vivian. A tribute to the greatest man I've ever known. No kinder, sweeter, funnier or more loving man has entered my life than Dad.
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The following was taken from our family bible that I inherited from my brother John.~
James Franklin McKenzie and Cassie Evelyn Riffe were united in marriage on June 7, 1958 at Mr. and Mrs. Doliver Stewart's residence by Minister Arnold Pennington. Witnesses were Doliver Stewart and Maudie Riffe the brides mother.
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This was not in the bible :)
Dad thought he was funny. Funny thing is... he was funny. He'd do this "deaf thing". I'd say "I'm going to the car." then he would say "You gotta open a jar?" He'd go on and on... LOL Oh! and the funny thing about the "deaf thing"... he was blind. He had a genitic eye disease that runs in the male line of our family. (I need to do some research, no one's left to tell me what it was) He had the first cornea transplant in the history of The University of Kentucky Hospital. He lost the first one due to an infection. He decided to go ahead and have the second one done because he was going blind anyway. It also failed. He was blind for the last 20 years of his life.
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Dad was also a cancer survior. He had sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma. The Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)list Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, or a subtype of Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma,as a rare disease because it affects less than 200,000 people in the US population. When Dad was diagnosed in 1981 he was one of only 200 cases reported around the WHOLE World! 1 out of 200! I'm not kidding. I used to lie awake in bed and listen to my Dad breathe. His nasal passages were blocked by the tumor, which was also going down the back of his throat and headed towards his brain. For 2 long years we had no idea what was wrong with him. After more than one biopsy he was finally diagnosed by a lab out west. (I'll write it in later if I can remember it. I was only 16)I'd lay there in the darkness and listen to him struggle to breathe. I'd find myself catching my breath for fear he would not have another... I also remember the joy after the surgery to remove the tumor. I remember the sun shinning into his room. He told me he wanted to show me something... they had taken the packing out just before I got there. He took this long, beautiful breath through his nose. It took me a long time to get used to not being able to hear him breath at night. Dear sweet Dad. He gives me hope.
~~~~~~~ I'll write more about his other cancer (Multiple myeloma)http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/myeloma/page3 at a later date. I will end with this note... they gave him 6 months to live... he was a survivor for 14 years and cancer didn't kill him. He is my hope! I love you Dad.
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Jim was the son of the late Ed and Laura Potter (Hollingsworth) McKenzie.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Cassie Riffe McKenzie and an infant son James Russell McKenzie.
Jim McKenzie was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith.
Survivors include his son John Edwin McKenzie, of Wurtland. KY a daughter Vivian McKenzie of Russell,KY his last surviving sibling Mary Alice McKenzie Cordle of Flatwoods, KY: Five grandchildren, Laura Emily McKenzie of Wurtland, KY and Brandon Judd Kinner, Jacob Allen Kinner, Cassie Elizabeth Kinner, and Rodham McKenzie Kinner all of Russell, KY: one great-grandaughter, Morgan Hope McKenzie of Wurtland, KY. and his beloved dog Brownie.
There was a visitation at Evan's Funeral Home in Raceland, KY on the evening of Friday, January 18 and his funeral was held on Saturday, January 19 at 1pm. officiated by the Reverend Earl Hazel of The Church Of God of Raceland.
Due to an overnight snowstorm Mr. McKenzie was interred in O'Bryan Cemetary beside his wife on Tuesday, January 21.
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The section of this memorial above this line was
was created and maintained by my brother John until his death Oct. 16, 2006. The section below this line has been created, written and maintained by me, Vivian. A tribute to the greatest man I've ever known. No kinder, sweeter, funnier or more loving man has entered my life than Dad.
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The following was taken from our family bible that I inherited from my brother John.~
James Franklin McKenzie and Cassie Evelyn Riffe were united in marriage on June 7, 1958 at Mr. and Mrs. Doliver Stewart's residence by Minister Arnold Pennington. Witnesses were Doliver Stewart and Maudie Riffe the brides mother.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This was not in the bible :)
Dad thought he was funny. Funny thing is... he was funny. He'd do this "deaf thing". I'd say "I'm going to the car." then he would say "You gotta open a jar?" He'd go on and on... LOL Oh! and the funny thing about the "deaf thing"... he was blind. He had a genitic eye disease that runs in the male line of our family. (I need to do some research, no one's left to tell me what it was) He had the first cornea transplant in the history of The University of Kentucky Hospital. He lost the first one due to an infection. He decided to go ahead and have the second one done because he was going blind anyway. It also failed. He was blind for the last 20 years of his life.
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Dad was also a cancer survior. He had sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma. The Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)list Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, or a subtype of Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma,as a rare disease because it affects less than 200,000 people in the US population. When Dad was diagnosed in 1981 he was one of only 200 cases reported around the WHOLE World! 1 out of 200! I'm not kidding. I used to lie awake in bed and listen to my Dad breathe. His nasal passages were blocked by the tumor, which was also going down the back of his throat and headed towards his brain. For 2 long years we had no idea what was wrong with him. After more than one biopsy he was finally diagnosed by a lab out west. (I'll write it in later if I can remember it. I was only 16)I'd lay there in the darkness and listen to him struggle to breathe. I'd find myself catching my breath for fear he would not have another... I also remember the joy after the surgery to remove the tumor. I remember the sun shinning into his room. He told me he wanted to show me something... they had taken the packing out just before I got there. He took this long, beautiful breath through his nose. It took me a long time to get used to not being able to hear him breath at night. Dear sweet Dad. He gives me hope.
~~~~~~~ I'll write more about his other cancer (Multiple myeloma)http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/myeloma/page3 at a later date. I will end with this note... they gave him 6 months to live... he was a survivor for 14 years and cancer didn't kill him. He is my hope! I love you Dad.
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Jim McKenzie, 80, of Wurtland, KY passed from this life on January 17, 2002 at approximately 9am in Our Lady Of Bellefonte Hospital from complications of aspiration pnumonia.
Jim was the son of the late Ed and Laura Potter (Hollingsworth) McKenzie.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Cassie Riffe McKenzie and an infant son James Russell McKenzie.
Jim McKenzie was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith.
Survivors include his son John Edwin McKenzie, of Wurtland. KY a daughter Vivian McKenzie of Russell,KY his last surviving sibling Mary Alice McKenzie Cordle of Flatwoods, KY: Five grandchildren, Laura Emily McKenzie of Wurtland, KY and Brandon Judd Kinner, Jacob Allen Kinner, Cassie Elizabeth Kinner, and Rodham McKenzie Kinner all of Russell, KY: one great-grandaughter, Morgan Hope McKenzie of Wurtland, KY. and his beloved dog Brownie.
There was a visitation at Evan's Funeral Home in Raceland, KY on the evening of Friday, January 18 and his funeral was held on Saturday, January 19 at 1pm. officiated by the Reverend Earl Hazel of The Church Of God of Raceland.
Due to an overnight snowstorm Mr. McKenzie was interred in O'Bryan Cemetary beside his wife on Tuesday, January 21.
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The section of this memorial above this line was
was created and maintained by my brother John until his death Oct. 16, 2006. The section below this line has been created, written and maintained by me, Vivian. A tribute to the greatest man I've ever known. No kinder, sweeter, funnier or more loving man has entered my life than Dad.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following was taken from our family bible that I inherited from my brother John.~
James Franklin McKenzie and Cassie Evelyn Riffe were united in marriage on June 7, 1958 at Mr. and Mrs. Doliver Stewart's residence by Minister Arnold Pennington. Witnesses were Doliver Stewart and Maudie Riffe the brides mother.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This was not in the bible :)
Dad thought he was funny. Funny thing is... he was funny. He'd do this "deaf thing". I'd say "I'm going to the car." then he would say "You gotta open a jar?" He'd go on and on... LOL Oh! and the funny thing about the "deaf thing"... he was blind. He had a genitic eye disease that runs in the male line of our family. (I need to do some research, no one's left to tell me what it was) He had the first cornea transplant in the history of The University of Kentucky Hospital. He lost the first one due to an infection. He decided to go ahead and have the second one done because he was going blind anyway. It also failed. He was blind for the last 20 years of his life.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dad was also a cancer survior. He had sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma. The Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)list Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, or a subtype of Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma,as a rare disease because it affects less than 200,000 people in the US population. When Dad was diagnosed in 1981 he was one of only 200 cases reported around the WHOLE World! 1 out of 200! I'm not kidding. I used to lie awake in bed and listen to my Dad breathe. His nasal passages were blocked by the tumor, which was also going down the back of his throat and headed towards his brain. For 2 long years we had no idea what was wrong with him. After more than one biopsy he was finally diagnosed by a lab out west. (I'll write it in later if I can remember it. I was only 16)I'd lay there in the darkness and listen to him struggle to breathe. I'd find myself catching my breath for fear he would not have another... I also remember the joy after the surgery to remove the tumor. I remember the sun shinning into his room. He told me he wanted to show me something... they had taken the packing out just before I got there. He took this long, beautiful breath through his nose. It took me a long time to get used to not being able to hear him breath at night. Dear sweet Dad. He gives me hope.
~~~~~~~ I'll write more about his other cancer (Multiple myeloma)http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/myeloma/page3 at a later date. I will end with this note... they gave him 6 months to live... he was a survivor for 14 years and cancer didn't kill him. He is my hope! I love you Dad.
~~~~~~~
Jim was the son of the late Ed and Laura Potter (Hollingsworth) McKenzie.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Cassie Riffe McKenzie and an infant son James Russell McKenzie.
Jim McKenzie was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith.
Survivors include his son John Edwin McKenzie, of Wurtland. KY a daughter Vivian McKenzie of Russell,KY his last surviving sibling Mary Alice McKenzie Cordle of Flatwoods, KY: Five grandchildren, Laura Emily McKenzie of Wurtland, KY and Brandon Judd Kinner, Jacob Allen Kinner, Cassie Elizabeth Kinner, and Rodham McKenzie Kinner all of Russell, KY: one great-grandaughter, Morgan Hope McKenzie of Wurtland, KY. and his beloved dog Brownie.
There was a visitation at Evan's Funeral Home in Raceland, KY on the evening of Friday, January 18 and his funeral was held on Saturday, January 19 at 1pm. officiated by the Reverend Earl Hazel of The Church Of God of Raceland.
Due to an overnight snowstorm Mr. McKenzie was interred in O'Bryan Cemetary beside his wife on Tuesday, January 21.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The section of this memorial above this line was
was created and maintained by my brother John until his death Oct. 16, 2006. The section below this line has been created, written and maintained by me, Vivian. A tribute to the greatest man I've ever known. No kinder, sweeter, funnier or more loving man has entered my life than Dad.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following was taken from our family bible that I inherited from my brother John.~
James Franklin McKenzie and Cassie Evelyn Riffe were united in marriage on June 7, 1958 at Mr. and Mrs. Doliver Stewart's residence by Minister Arnold Pennington. Witnesses were Doliver Stewart and Maudie Riffe the brides mother.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This was not in the bible :)
Dad thought he was funny. Funny thing is... he was funny. He'd do this "deaf thing". I'd say "I'm going to the car." then he would say "You gotta open a jar?" He'd go on and on... LOL Oh! and the funny thing about the "deaf thing"... he was blind. He had a genitic eye disease that runs in the male line of our family. (I need to do some research, no one's left to tell me what it was) He had the first cornea transplant in the history of The University of Kentucky Hospital. He lost the first one due to an infection. He decided to go ahead and have the second one done because he was going blind anyway. It also failed. He was blind for the last 20 years of his life.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dad was also a cancer survior. He had sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma. The Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)list Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, or a subtype of Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma,as a rare disease because it affects less than 200,000 people in the US population. When Dad was diagnosed in 1981 he was one of only 200 cases reported around the WHOLE World! 1 out of 200! I'm not kidding. I used to lie awake in bed and listen to my Dad breathe. His nasal passages were blocked by the tumor, which was also going down the back of his throat and headed towards his brain. For 2 long years we had no idea what was wrong with him. After more than one biopsy he was finally diagnosed by a lab out west. (I'll write it in later if I can remember it. I was only 16)I'd lay there in the darkness and listen to him struggle to breathe. I'd find myself catching my breath for fear he would not have another... I also remember the joy after the surgery to remove the tumor. I remember the sun shinning into his room. He told me he wanted to show me something... they had taken the packing out just before I got there. He took this long, beautiful breath through his nose. It took me a long time to get used to not being able to hear him breath at night. Dear sweet Dad. He gives me hope.
~~~~~~~ I'll write more about his other cancer (Multiple myeloma)http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/myeloma/page3 at a later date. I will end with this note... they gave him 6 months to live... he was a survivor for 14 years and cancer didn't kill him. He is my hope! I love you Dad.
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