Billy Walter Smith

Deputy Sheriff

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In memory of

Billy Walter Smith

1974

Killed that day
December 20, 1974, aged 26

Their life

Deputy Sheriff Billy Smith and Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Clevenger were killed in an automobile crash while on patrol. The deputies were turning onto an on-ramp for I-40 when their vehicle was broadsided by a drunk driver who was driving without headlights on. Both deputies were killed instantly. The drunk driver was acquitted on a technicality. Deputy Smith had served with the Cocke County Sheriff's Department for four months.

Survived by

He is survived by his wife and daughter.

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