Louis A. Pace Jr.

Louis Agee Pace, Jr. was born on the seventeenth day of October, 1964 in Mobile, Alabama. He was the only boy and fourth born of four children to his parents of Louis Agee Pace and Yvonne Mae Frances Pace (Hollis).
No matter how you knew him, Lewis the Thinker, Louis or Junior, was genuine in his care for you. On the right day everyone, young and old experienced his big smile and a hardy hello. He believed that physical health was the first step to increase life expectancy; and often said that he felt as if he missed out on something each day that he missed a workout. Louis admits that he had not always seen his life through the lenses that he used in his later life; but felt that many people avoid accepting life as it appears.
Junior had a gifted mind when it came to strategic thinking but novel in his execution. He was an avid writer, frequently writing on any piece of paper he could find. He eventually became one that journaled daily. Many have described his writings as "dark", but he called it life from his vantage point. A sample of his "light" and "dark" work can be found in his book "Beneath the Crust" By Lewis The Thinker. He enjoyed sharing his poems with others and reciting them on social media, before small groups, or anyone venue available.
During Junior's youth he played high school football at C.F. Vigor High School, however, his life was interrupted by the death of his mother Yvonne which took his life into a roller coaster of multiple directions. It was in the unsolicited solitude that he learned to vent his heart on paper and became a master welder. While welding was his trade, writing was his passion.
He later moved to Seattle, Washington where he lived off and on. He often talked about his life in general conversations; never boasting but simply conversation exchanging. He would mention working in Mexico with migrate workers, or picking potatoes in Ohio. However, he also talked about reading his poetry in the parks or museums in Washington or visiting pottery exhibits in Detroit. He spoke in a very serene voice when he talked about riding his bike through the botanical gardens in the Seattle area. Overtime he became innovative and unapologetic about his thinking. When time was right for him, he made the word antique a verb and found rare objects to resale. He found joy in original creation. If it wasn't a poem, it was a song or some type of creative piece of art that flowed so freely from his beautiful mind to pen and paper. He tried his hand at many different things and was truly the epitome of the word "maestro".
Louis loved his family. He often talked about his children and his prayer for them to have a peaceful and productive life. Some of his last words were about how he can see all of his sisters, grandchildren, grandnieces and nephews along with his children, nieces and nephew singing in a choir at a big church somewhere all together. He would have literally given the world to experience that moment.
He was preceded by his loving grandmother Pauline Hollis, mother Yvonne Mae France Pace and father Louis Agee Pace. He is survived by his five children Dion Pope, Lewis Pope, Derrick Pope, Toya Pope-Samuel, and Vaughn Pope: grandchildren; D'Eron Pope, Alani Pope, Madison Pope, Lewis Pope, Jr, Lauren Pope, Jeremiah Pope, Benjamin Pope, Nylan Pope, Phillip Samuel, and Vaughn Pope, Jr; sisters Patricia Pace, Corliss Pace-Brown, and Lynn Pace-Robinson; sister-cousin Miranda Powe-Davis; aunt Shirley Williams (Chester); Carolyn Hollis, and Annie Ray; nephew Dante' Hilliard; nieces Celeste Hilliard and Adriana Hilliard. He also leaves behind a wealth of cousins and friends.
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