Cornelius Smith, a 51-year-old Black man from Georgetown, South Carolina, spent his life in the same community where he was born on June 27, 1971. He grew up in the Georgetown County public schools and was known by the nickname “Cono” among family and friends. As an adult, he built a reputation as a skilled tree worker, described in his obituary as a certified tree cutter who worked for Georgetown Tree Services and K&M Tree Services, the kind of “tree doctor” whose coworkers admired how
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