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Okey Smith
Okey Smith grew up, for the most part, on a farm in rural Montgomery County, Kentucky, during the 1940s. After finishing High School, he joined the Army Reserves for a period of ei...lihat lebih banyakOkey Smith grew up, for the most part, on a farm in rural Montgomery County, Kentucky, during the 1940s. After finishing High School, he joined the Army Reserves for a period of eight years. During that time he went for six months of training and returned home in 1956. In 1961 his reserve unit was called up for a year of active duty to relieve regular army troops during the Berlin Crisis. During this time he was a weapons instructor.
In 1957 he went to work at the Mt. Sterling Advocate, a local weekly newspaper. Learning the printing trade he was a printer for the next nineteen years, working for ten years at the Lexington Herald-Leader. During this time he traveled across the country working in various newspapers.
After leaving the printing profession he was a licensed insurance agent, a diesel mechanic and later a service manager at a truck dealership and also a trucking company where he retired in the year 2000.
Okey loves to travel and has journeyed extensively in the United States, Canada and Europe.
His hobbies are hunting, writing, painting, and singing gospel songs. He and his wife Barbara have two daughters and five grandchildren.lihat lebih sedikit