Wayland Town Crier 5/23/12: Friendly neighbor, longtime Wayland resident, will be missed. Pop,” as Larry Smith was known around his Dudley Pond neighborhood, died recently at the age of 96. He was the father of Wayland Fire Chief Vinnie Smith and had lived in town for more than 80 years. As his friend Bob Hanlon said, Larry Smith will be missed by “three generations of Wayland children and countless generations of local chipmunks. To say that Smith was outgoing is probably an understatement.