Sylvester Poole, 63, was killed in a shooting in Birmingham’s Ensley neighborhood on November 1, 2017. A longtime local, he was married with two children and six grandchildren. Poole graduated from A. H. Parker High School in 1973, served in the U.S. Army, and worked for more than 20 years as a truck driver for Piggly Wiggly. He was also active in New Hope Baptist Church, serving as Floor Manager of the Usher Ministry.

A homegoing service was held at New Hope Baptist Church on November 11, 2017, and he was buried at Elmwood Cemetery.

If anyone has information about Sylvester Poole’s death or remembers events in Ensley around November 1, 2017, please come forward.