Friday, December 20, 2013
My condolences to the family. I have met very few people in my life that left an impact as great as smitty. I was blessed to have a godfather that was more like a grandpa. I will always love you and I will never forget u.
For most of my childhood life my grandpa (Toney Rupp) and smitty had me believing they were cattle rustling outlaws. One story always vascinated me the most. One day Toney and smitty were on the run from the law and they stopped to let their horses drink and toney saw a huge fish in the pond so he lassoed the huge fish. The fish was so big it pulled him and his horse into the pond. Smitty saw this and dove in to save him. Smitty said the fish was bigger then he was and almost swallowed him whole but luckily he pulled toney and his horse out of the water. I was always so excited telling my friends that they were both outlaw cowboys. Amazing what you believe when ur idols are telling stories
