Background
Smith, Sylvester was born on August 11, 1946 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of Sylvester Smith Senior and Deborah (Cole) Hatchett.
Smith, Sylvester was born on August 11, 1946 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of Sylvester Smith Senior and Deborah (Cole) Hatchett.
Associate of Arts, Florissant Valley Community College, 1977; Associate of Applied Science, Florissant Valley Community College, 1978; Bachelor of Science, Tarkio College, 1981.
Mail clerk, Transit Casualty Insurance, St. Louis, 1968-1972; with park maintenance staff, St. Louis Parks Department, St. Louis, 1973-1974; Lieutenant, St. Louis Airport Police, since 1974. Chairman Airport Police Awards Committee, St. Louis, since 1991.
Volunteer American Red Cross, 1988, Annie Malone Children's Home, St. Louis, 1988, UnitedNegro College Fund, 1989, Cystic Fibrosis Fund, 1989. Participant torch run Special Olympics, St. Louis, 1990-1991. With United States Army, 1965-1968, Vietnam.
Member Masons (32d degree).
Married Carolyn Jewel Hall, July 4, 1970 (divorced March 1982). Children: Sylvester III, Lester D., Bryan A. Married Janice Regina Montgomery, May 14, 1988 (divorced March 1995).
Children: Charlene E. Montgomery, Terrance C. Montgomery.