Community members will gather Saturday night for a candlelight vigil to remember Afriye Seegars, a beloved drag entertainer known on stage as Smooth Sexton, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on New Year’s Day in South Nashville.
The vigil will be held at 7 p.m. in the parking lot of Pecker’s Bar and Grill, where the deadly crash occurred. A growing memorial has formed outside the establishment, showing the impact Seegars made on the community.
Seegars was helping a friend into a rideshare when a car jumped the curb and struck them both on the sidewalk. Despite witnesses performing CPR, Seegars died from injuries sustained in the crash. The friend, Angel, was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The driver fled the scene…