Walter T. Kerr

Abt 1918 - 1964  (~ 46 years)

• Name	Walter T. Kerr
  Birth	Abt 1918	Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Aug 1964	LaVale, Allegany County, Maryland
  Notes	A 46-year-old Frostburg carpenter was killed yesterday morning when a concrete abutment on the Vocke Road bridge fell on him. Three olher workmen narrowly escaped being pinned under the abutment. Dead is Walter T. Kerr of 422 Park Street, Frostburg, who was employed as a carpenter for the Hout Construction Company. He and three other men were workng on wooden forms for a new concrete abutment which was to be laid against the old section when the latter suddenly fell over. The victim was unable to avoid the falling slab, and was pinned from his midsection down. The slab was 15 feet long, four feet high and about a foot and a half to two feet thick. . . . A native of Frostburg, Mr. Kerr is a son of Thomas Kerr of Frostburg and the late Mrs. Effie (Adkins) Kerr. He is survived by his father, his wife, Mrs. Dorothy (Race) Kerr, and two daughters, Brenda and Tamra, both at home. Also surviving are four brothers, Charles, William and John Kerr, all of Frostburg; Glenn Kerr, Cumberland, and a sister, Mrs. Viola Alexander, Lonaconing. The Cumberland News, August 15, 1964
  Person ID	I48279	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Kerr,   b. 1880, Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland d. 13 Oct 1964, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Laura Effie Adkins,   b. 1883   d. 29 Jan 1959, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1902
  Family ID	F17419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Race,   b. Private
  Marriage	Private
  Children	1. Brenda Kerr,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   2. Tamara Kerr,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
  Family ID	F18128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021