Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Abbott, Fred Carlton Jr. January 11, 1930
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark January 12, 1930

           FRED C. ABBOTT, JR., DIES OF INJURIES FROM AUTO CRASH

      Son of Attorney Succumbs Few Hours After Accident On Granby Street

Fred C. Abbott, Jr., 15-year-old son of Fred C. Abbott, prominent local 
attorney, and Mrs. Alydia Dey Abbott, died yesterday morning at 5:15 o'clock at 
St. Vincent's Hospital from injuries received shortly after midnight in an 
automobile accident on Granby Street at "Dead Man's Curve." The accident 
occurred at 12:15 o'clock and the boy never regained consciousness.
Young Abbott with Winston Nash, Jr., 605 Marshall Avenue, about his own age, was 
returning to Norfolk after attending a party at Ocean View. The boys were riding 
in a Ford coupe. According to Detectives W.C. Spencer and J.A. Winslow, the car 
suddenly swerved to the left side of the road, then back on the concrete and 
then back off the right side of the road and turned over several times.
Detective Leon Nowitzky, coroner's investigator, said he learned the car was 
traveling at a rapid rate of speed when the accident occurred. The accident 
happened just a few feet south of "Dead Man's Curve," located near Ward's 
Corner. The injured boys were carried to St .Vincent's Hospital by A.E. Pearson, 
200 Chesapeake Street. Nash was only slightly bruised about his legs and body.  
Abbott was severely injured about the face and head.
Abbott was a student in the junior class at Maury High School and was popular 
with his classmates. He attended McKendree Methodist Church Sunday School and 
was a member of the church scout troop.
He is survived by his parents and one brother, William Abbott. The body was 
removed from the James V. Derry Funeral Home yesterday at 340 West Princess Anne 
Road to the residence of his parents at 814 Park Avenue, where funeral services 
will be conducted this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
The Rev. Charles E. Blankenship, pastor of McKendree Methodist Church, will 
officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.


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