Alexander-Wilkes County NcArchives Obituaries.....Pool (Smith), Dewey Lloyd (Willie) April 19, 1988
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His niece's account of his life and his obituary from 1988

Dewey Lloyd Pool alias Willie Smith passed away on April 19, 1988. He was born 
to Queen Pool and Rufus Lackey on September 25, 1906. He worked in Knoxville, 
Tennessee and came home to Taylorsville on the weekends by train. He was a 
real sharp dresser, and was harassed and spat upon by a white heckler while 
waiting for the train.  Lloyd and the heckler got into an altercation that 
resulted in the death of the neer-do-well. Lloyd escaped to Virginia where he 
was caught and sent back to Knoxville, TN. He was found guilty and  
imprisoned. But a sympathetic prison guard helped him to escape.  He changed 
his name several times, finally settling on the name Willie Smith. He married, 
moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. There he bought property, raised a family under the 
name of Smith.  He owned and ran a store there until ill health forced him to 
close. 
Lloyd was a faithful member of Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in 
Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a respected businessman and member of the Auburn 
area . During all that time FBI agents used to come to Dewey’s nephew, Eubert 
Flower’s home in Stony Point looking for him.
Dewey was preceded in death by his parents, sisters May Jolly, Clara Rissie 
Flowers. Brother Ray Boston and Harrison Pool, and the man who spat on him.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife Evelyn.  Her parents, Thomas JaPeth 
Smith and Sally Mae McDaniel Smith; Step Daughter Geraldine Williams, 
Daughters, Jackie Smith and Beverly Smith. Sons Vincent, Clarence and Larry, 
all of Cincinnati. One brother Arthur Boston of Taylorsville, North Carolina; 
Sisters Bertha Morrison and husband Jack of Durham, NC,  and Mrs. Minnie 
Flowers, of Taylorsville, Plus a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives 
and friends. 
The funeral and interment was conducted at the Greater New Hope Missionary 
Baptist Church under the officiation of Rev. John H. Flynn. 





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