son of D. L. & Neta (Divers) Carmichael and husband of Dorothy Angus Carmichael
Two Sandyville youths, both veterans of World War II, were killed instantly Sunday afternoon at 5:30 when an Aeronica plane in which they were making a pleasure flight over the community crashed with terrific force into a rough hillside on the W. M. Thorn farm on Drift Run, just a few miles north of Sandyville. The victims of the disaster were Olen Smith, 23, Navy veteran and pilot of the plane, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith of .........; Robert Carmichael, 27, also a Navy veteran and a farmer in the Lockhart community and a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Carmicheal and a brother of Denver Carmicheal of Ripley and Mrs. Brady Hickle Jr. of Kenna. Mr. Thornand his granddaughter, Wilda June Thorn, were the first to reach the scene of the crash and they said that both men were dead when they arrived.
Mr. Thorn said that the plane had been circling low over the community and that it was headed down Drift Run when the motor sputtered a few times and went into a nose dive into the steep hillside. The same version was given by Dan Thorn, who was on a hill not far from the scene of the crash. Smith, who was piloting the plane, was reported to have received his flying license only a short time ago. Olen Smith was the driver of the car which was hit by a B & O train at the New Era crossing last February in which Merill Weekley lost his life and Grant Weekley Jr. was injured.
Smith is survived by his parents, two brothers, Claude of Kenna and Oliver of Sandyville, and two sisters, Mrs. Freda Lincicome of Wolford, Ohio and Mrs. Irene Patterson of Ripley. Carmichael is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Carmichael; a daughter, Shirley; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Carmichael of Belpre; and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. C. L. Schieffer of Bucyrus, Ohio, David Carmichael Jr. of Silverton, Denver Carmichael of Ripley, Charles Carmichael of Belpre, Ohio, Warren Carmichael of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mrs. Brady Hickle Jr.of Kenna, and Misses Mary and Joan Carmichael of Belpre. Double funeral rites will be held at the Drift Run Church this (Wednesday) afternoon at 2:00 O'clock with Rev. J. M. Cunningham and Rev. Marvin Freed in charge. CCarmichael will be buried in the Drift Run Cemetery and Smith will be buried in the Independence Cemetery.
(Jackson Herald, Fri., 4 July 1947)
Two Sandyville youths, both veterans of World War II, were killed instantly Sunday afternoon at 5:30 when an Aeronica plane in which they were making a pleasure flight over the community crashed with terrific force into a rough hillside on the W. M. Thorn farm on Drift Run, just a few miles north of Sandyville. The victims of the disaster were Olen Smith, 23, Navy veteran and pilot of the plane, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith of .........; Robert Carmichael, 27, also a Navy veteran and a farmer in the Lockhart community and a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Carmicheal and a brother of Denver Carmicheal of Ripley and Mrs. Brady Hickle Jr. of Kenna. Mr. Thornand his granddaughter, Wilda June Thorn, were the first to reach the scene of the crash and they said that both men were dead when they arrived.
Mr. Thorn said that the plane had been circling low over the community and that it was headed down Drift Run when the motor sputtered a few times and went into a nose dive into the steep hillside. The same version was given by Dan Thorn, who was on a hill not far from the scene of the crash. Smith, who was piloting the plane, was reported to have received his flying license only a short time ago. Olen Smith was the driver of the car which was hit by a B & O train at the New Era crossing last February in which Merill Weekley lost his life and Grant Weekley Jr. was injured.
Smith is survived by his parents, two brothers, Claude of Kenna and Oliver of Sandyville, and two sisters, Mrs. Freda Lincicome of Wolford, Ohio and Mrs. Irene Patterson of Ripley. Carmichael is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Carmichael; a daughter, Shirley; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Carmichael of Belpre; and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. C. L. Schieffer of Bucyrus, Ohio, David Carmichael Jr. of Silverton, Denver Carmichael of Ripley, Charles Carmichael of Belpre, Ohio, Warren Carmichael of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mrs. Brady Hickle Jr.of Kenna, and Misses Mary and Joan Carmichael of Belpre. Double funeral rites will be held at the Drift Run Church this (Wednesday) afternoon at 2:00 O'clock with Rev. J. M. Cunningham and Rev. Marvin Freed in charge. CCarmichael will be buried in the Drift Run Cemetery and Smith will be buried in the Independence Cemetery.
(Jackson Herald, Fri., 4 July 1947)
son of D. L. & Neta (Divers) Carmichael and husband of Dorothy Angus Carmichael
Two Sandyville youths, both veterans of World War II, were killed instantly Sunday afternoon at 5:30 when an Aeronica plane in which they were making a pleasure flight over the community crashed with terrific force into a rough hillside on the W. M. Thorn farm on Drift Run, just a few miles north of Sandyville. The victims of the disaster were Olen Smith, 23, Navy veteran and pilot of the plane, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith of .........; Robert Carmichael, 27, also a Navy veteran and a farmer in the Lockhart community and a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Carmicheal and a brother of Denver Carmicheal of Ripley and Mrs. Brady Hickle Jr. of Kenna. Mr. Thornand his granddaughter, Wilda June Thorn, were the first to reach the scene of the crash and they said that both men were dead when they arrived.
Mr. Thorn said that the plane had been circling low over the community and that it was headed down Drift Run when the motor sputtered a few times and went into a nose dive into the steep hillside. The same version was given by Dan Thorn, who was on a hill not far from the scene of the crash. Smith, who was piloting the plane, was reported to have received his flying license only a short time ago. Olen Smith was the driver of the car which was hit by a B & O train at the New Era crossing last February in which Merill Weekley lost his life and Grant Weekley Jr. was injured.
Smith is survived by his parents, two brothers, Claude of Kenna and Oliver of Sandyville, and two sisters, Mrs. Freda Lincicome of Wolford, Ohio and Mrs. Irene Patterson of Ripley. Carmichael is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Carmichael; a daughter, Shirley; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Carmichael of Belpre; and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. C. L. Schieffer of Bucyrus, Ohio, David Carmichael Jr. of Silverton, Denver Carmichael of Ripley, Charles Carmichael of Belpre, Ohio, Warren Carmichael of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mrs. Brady Hickle Jr.of Kenna, and Misses Mary and Joan Carmichael of Belpre. Double funeral rites will be held at the Drift Run Church this (Wednesday) afternoon at 2:00 O'clock with Rev. J. M. Cunningham and Rev. Marvin Freed in charge. CCarmichael will be buried in the Drift Run Cemetery and Smith will be buried in the Independence Cemetery.
(Jackson Herald, Fri., 4 July 1947)
Two Sandyville youths, both veterans of World War II, were killed instantly Sunday afternoon at 5:30 when an Aeronica plane in which they were making a pleasure flight over the community crashed with terrific force into a rough hillside on the W. M. Thorn farm on Drift Run, just a few miles north of Sandyville. The victims of the disaster were Olen Smith, 23, Navy veteran and pilot of the plane, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith of .........; Robert Carmichael, 27, also a Navy veteran and a farmer in the Lockhart community and a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Carmicheal and a brother of Denver Carmicheal of Ripley and Mrs. Brady Hickle Jr. of Kenna. Mr. Thornand his granddaughter, Wilda June Thorn, were the first to reach the scene of the crash and they said that both men were dead when they arrived.
Mr. Thorn said that the plane had been circling low over the community and that it was headed down Drift Run when the motor sputtered a few times and went into a nose dive into the steep hillside. The same version was given by Dan Thorn, who was on a hill not far from the scene of the crash. Smith, who was piloting the plane, was reported to have received his flying license only a short time ago. Olen Smith was the driver of the car which was hit by a B & O train at the New Era crossing last February in which Merill Weekley lost his life and Grant Weekley Jr. was injured.
Smith is survived by his parents, two brothers, Claude of Kenna and Oliver of Sandyville, and two sisters, Mrs. Freda Lincicome of Wolford, Ohio and Mrs. Irene Patterson of Ripley. Carmichael is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Carmichael; a daughter, Shirley; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Carmichael of Belpre; and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. C. L. Schieffer of Bucyrus, Ohio, David Carmichael Jr. of Silverton, Denver Carmichael of Ripley, Charles Carmichael of Belpre, Ohio, Warren Carmichael of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mrs. Brady Hickle Jr.of Kenna, and Misses Mary and Joan Carmichael of Belpre. Double funeral rites will be held at the Drift Run Church this (Wednesday) afternoon at 2:00 O'clock with Rev. J. M. Cunningham and Rev. Marvin Freed in charge. CCarmichael will be buried in the Drift Run Cemetery and Smith will be buried in the Independence Cemetery.
(Jackson Herald, Fri., 4 July 1947)
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