"William" Arthur Smith
| My father's name was "William" Arthur Smith,
born in Alvord, TX. He had one sister Eva 3 years younger. They moved to
Chehalis, WA. after a divorce and Eva was in first grade. My father was
a man that could tackle any job that came along. He started Mother's Cookie
Co. in our basement in Fircrest WA. He was pushed out of business by the
Company by the same name in Seattle. We had a Model "T" delivery truck
that we used for years, up until he got a Pontiac used in 1935.
He graduated in 1915 and went to Walla Walla
College 2 years and met my mother
He had many discussions with the "Seventh Day Church of God" Ted Armstrong Sr. both in Eugene, Or. and after he moved to Pasadena, Ca. He was versed in bible study. He worked for a cabinet shop in Centralia as I was growing up and then was foreman for years at Rowlland Lbr. Co. in their cabinet shop. They did a little of every thing and that is where I got my start, working there sweeping the floors after school. While working there a Rowlland's he came down with "Parkinson's" at the early age of 43 and had to quit working at 45. He continued to work his gardens which he loved and for several years had a 3 acre berry farm. It finally got too much for him and they sold out and moved to Springfield where both us children were living by then. He lived a sad life as there were no medicines in those days to help and he died in 1967 at 72. He loved the out doors and bee's, the soil and his family. He had bee's two times and loved to just sit and let them crawl over him and he would open the hives and they would come out and land on his arms but to my knowledge he was never stung. He had half his life taken away from him, but he never complained, loved his grandkids to come. Love
From Tricia Crumley Howard William "Arthur" Smith
Marriage - 11 Sept 1917 - Multnomah County, OR - Grace Evelyn Davison
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I had 1910 Fed Census - Skookumchuck, Lewis County, WA
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