Roll of Honor
Incident
Constable Ezra Smith suffered a fatal heart attack following a struggle with two prisoners he was attempting to arrest in Grayson. He collapsed after placing the men in the county jail.
Both suspects were charged with manslaughter and resisting arrest.
Constable Smith was survived by his wife and seven children.
Survivors
Constable Smith was survived by his wife and seven children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Smith served with the Winston County Constable's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Double Springs community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Smith.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Ezra Sethal Smith is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In AL, 30 of 643 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ezra Sethal Smith's cause is highlighted.
How Ezra Sethal Smith Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Ezra Sethal Smith is highlighted in Jun.