Bartow County GaArchives Obituaries.....Powell, Dwight November 23, 1924
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The Atlanta Constitution, November 24, 1924
The Atlanta Constitution
Monday, November 24, 1924
Page One

Two Are Killed In Auto Mishap

Cartersville Youths Die When Automobile Dashes Into Stone Wall Late Saturday 
Night

Cartersville, Ga., November 23 – Frank Smith, 18, was instantly killed and 
Dwight Powell, 19, was so badly hurt that he died at the home of his parents, 
here about noon Sunday as the result of an automobile accident late Saturday 
night on the road leading to White, 7 miles north of Cartersville.

In the car at the time were four young men, Henry Branton, driving and Carl 
Stennett, in addition to the two who lost their lives.  Neither Branton nor 
Stennett was injured.  Smith died instantly, his neck and back being broken.  
Powell suffered concussion of the brain and lingered for about twelve hours.
Smith was the son of Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Smith, of White, and is survived by his 
parents and two sisters and three brothers.  Funeral services were held Sunday 
afternoon at Pine Log campground.

Powell was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Powell and besides his parents is 
survived by two sisters and three brothers.  Funeral services will be held 
Monday afternoon.  Smith was fireman on a tram road operated by the Bertha 
Mineral company near Cartersville and Powell had been in the employ of the 
city government for five years.  The accident happened at an underpass over 
which the Louisville and Nashville trucks pass.

Branton said he did not know the road came to turn and before he realized it, 
the car dashed into a stone wall.


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