Herman Talmadge ordered the flag over the State Capitol lowered to half-staff until after the funeral. Three physicians were in attendance when death came at 11:59. Miss Mitchell suffered a sudden sinking spell shortly after 11 A. Physicians said X-rays revealed Miss Mitchell's skull was fractured from the top of her head to the top of the spine and that her pelvis was fractured in two places. To whom "Gone With the Wind" was dedicated.
Marsh, were crossing Peachtree at Thirteenth Street on the way to a neighborhood movie. Gravitt, an Atlanta taxi driver, was off duty and driving a private car when Miss Mitchell was struck as she and her husband, John R. Gravitt, 29, the driver, hadīeen out on bond of $5,450, after having been arrested at the scene of the accident and charged with drunken driving, speeding and driving on the wrong side of the street.
Shortly after Miss Mitchell died, the driver of the auto which struck her surrendered voluntarily to police and Atlanta Police Chief Herbert Jenkins said an "immediate murder indictment" would be sought. At infrequent intervals, she had murmured vague, incoherent responses to spoken questions. Not once since the accident had the 49-year-old Miss Mitchell fully regained consciousness, according to hospital attaches. 16-Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone With the Wind," died today at Grady Hospital of injuries received when she was struck down by a speeding automobile on Peachtree Street last Thursday. Newspaper in Education (NIE) Teacher ResourcesĪugOBITUARY Miss Mitchell, 49, Dead of Injuries Special to THE NEW YORK TIMESĪTLANTA, Aug.
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