Wm. Lee Smallwood attends his last York City Council meeting, Thursday, December 27, 2007. Smallwood is leaving the Council after 28 years of service.
John Pavoncello photo York Dispatch

Wm. Lee Smallwood attends his last York City Council meeting, Thursday, December 27, 2007. Smallwood is leaving the Council after 28 years of service.
John Pavoncello photo York Dispatch

Wm. Lee Smallwood attends his last York City Council meeting, Thursday, December 27, 2007. Smallwood is leaving the Council after 28 years of service.
John Pavoncello photo York Dispatch

Wm. Lee Smallwood attended his last York City Council meeting, Thursday, December 27, 2007. Smallwood is leaving the Council after 28 years of service.
John Pavoncello photo York Dispatch

Twenty-six year City Council member, Lee Smallwood, greets York City Regional Coordinator for the Democratic party, Stephen Hawkins, outside the YWCA polling station in York City on Tuesday May 15, 2007.
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Wm. Lee Smallwood waits for results in the York City Council primary outside the Democratic headquarters in York City, Tuesday May 15, 2007.
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Wm. Lee Smallwood, shown in a photo from a website promoting his final race for York City Council, died Jan. 30, 2019, in New Orleans. www.ourcampaigns.com

Wm. Lee Smallwood, left, with his wife, Janis Rozelle. Smallwood, a York City native and long-time city councilman, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. He was 73. Submitted

Wm. Lee Smallwood, a longtime community servant and the first African-American York City Council president, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. He was 73. Submitted
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