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Funeral services set for Cobb County brothers killed in auto wreck

James Pratt (left) and Joe Pratt (right) were JROTC members and volunteered at a local elementary school.

Credit: Cobb County School District

Credit: Cobb County School District

James Pratt (left) and Joe Pratt (right) were JROTC members and volunteered at a local elementary school.
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April 26, 2017

Funeral services for the two brothers killed Monday in an auto wreck in Roswell have been set for Sunday, Cobb County school officials say.

The service for James and Joe Pratt is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Piedmont Church, 570 Piedmont Rd., Marietta.

Read and sign the online guestbook for James and Joe Pratt

The brothers were headed to a dental appointment when their vehicle struck a school bus Monday afternoon. James Pratt, 18, was a senior at Lassiter High School. Joe Pratt, 14, was a freshman at the school. The brothers were in the school's ROTC program.

Four students at Fulton County’s Langston Hughes High School also died Monday when a vehicle they were in crashed into a tractor-trailer.

MORE: Fundraiser for Lassiter brothers killed in crash reaches $50K in a day

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned that the young men from Lassiter High School killed in a wreck Monday about 1 p.m. were on their way to dental appointments.

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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