I loved My dad like all other son's love their dad's. But as a youngster I never realized just what my dad was. It wasn't until I was about 28 years old that I begin to realize what he meant to me. It was around this time that we bonded as close as possible as a father and son. Then as he passed away I realized my dad was unique! He was a part of American history. My dad was an American Cowboy!Something that son's in other country's cannot claim. My dad was known to all as a Western aficionado and a Horseman. And that he was and I love him for it.
My Dad Benjamin Franklin Smith
Born: March 25th, 1925 In Clovis, New Mexico
Death: September 17th, 2003 In Lubbock, Texas
Married Marybell Jones
2 Children:
- Donna Sue Smith
- Danny William Smith
My Grandfather Walter William Smith
Born: November 6th 1887 In Birmingham, Alabama
Death: December 11th 1947 In Clovis New Mexico
Married Buelah Stubblefield In 1888
10 Children:
- Albert Smith
- Alfred C. Smith
- Luettis Smith
- Jesse Lee Smith
- Beatrice Smith
- Viola Smith
- Walter William Smith
- Christine Smith
- Lorinea Smith
- Benjamin Franklin Smith
My Great Grandfather John Henry Smith
Born: March 30th 1857 In Birmingham, Alabama
Death: June 19th 1940 In Clovis, New Mexico
Married Martha Lutricia McKnight in 1866
10 Children:
- Nellie Lee Smith
- Walter William Smith
- John Arthur Smith
- Raymond Smith
- Wayman Albert Smith
- Jessie Gardner Smtih
- Thomas Henry Smth
- Emmitt Guy Smith
- Frances Telitha Smith
- Florence Lorena Smith
- James Albert Smith
My Great Great Grandfather John William Smith
Born June 16th 1833 In Birmingham Alabama
Death: February 18th, 1906 in Butler Oklahoma
Married Mary E Brazzel in 1855
10 Children:
- Doc Smith
- Albert Smith
- Lee Smith
- Cornelia Smith
- Fannie Smith
- Unknown Smith - Died at birth
- John Henry Smith
- Telitha Cumi Smith
- Benjamin Franklin Smith
- Thom,as Jefferson Smith
I loving memory of my Dad the poem in the You Tube clip below says it best!
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