Donald S. Smith This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. Newsletter

   www.hceda.com/newsletter.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/13/2004   Last Visited: 6/13/2004

   The event took place in one of Henry County's historic settings, owned by Mayor Donald Smith of Headland.
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   Featured speakers included Mayor Donald Smith, Headland and Mayor Dan Blalock, Abbeville, each touting the benefits of industries locating to their cities.

2. 2. Alford Cattle Company - Main Employee Page

   www.alfordcattle.com/employee. - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/10/2003   Last Visited: 10/20/2006

   Don Smith. Don is the manager of Burleson County operations for Alford Cattle Company. Don is a native of Missouri and has worked on ranches throughout the western United States. He insists that someday he will get back to the mountains. Click here to learn more about Don.

3. 3. The Jackson County Floridan | Alford mayor dies at age 74

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   Published on: 4/20/2004   Last Visited: 4/21/2004

   Alford Mayor Donald Smith, 74, died Saturday, leaving a community in mourning for the man who led his hometown for more than three decades.
   
   Admirers say he epitomized selfless community service.
   
   His death from congestive heart failure came just a week after fellow board members voted to name a city recreation park after him in recognition of his many years developing the town's sports program.
   
   His efforts on that front began before he ever took office. Fresh out of the military in the early 1960s, he helped transform the city's old dump into a ball park, friends and family members said.
   
   Not only did he help carve out the first field, he also lobbied for money to fund improvements through the years. In the early years of the recreation program, he helped establish the first teams and drove into the country many nights to pick players up and take them home after the games.
   
   Smith was first elected mayor in 1970. He was only opposed once and was out of office only two years before voters put him back on the board for an otherwise unbroken string of terms.
   
   His dedication to and love of the city was well known, friends said.
   
   He dressed up like Boss Hogg one year -- white suit, Cadillac and all -- to help entertain fellow citizens at a fund-raiser for the recreation program. Another year, his wife dressed him up as a woman, complete with lipstick and a wig, for another recreation program fund-raiser.
   
   He was drenched more than once in a dunking booth to help raise money for the city's fire department, which he also helped establish. He was a long-time Shriner, and could often be seen driving tiny "scat-cat" Shriner cars in Alford's Christmas parades.
   
   Smith's work on the town's behalf also included more mundane but vital tasks, like bringing water and paved streets to the little town. He is credited with helping obtain the funds it took to establish the city's current water system, and for helping get the money to pave many dirt roads through the years.
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   As his health began to deteriorate earlier this year, Smith had to stop driving his pickup truck around town to pick up and pass on the news that affected his town. But that didn't stop him from making his appointed rounds. He resorted to a golf cart for transportation, instead. He made it to the 2003 Christmas parade before a lengthy hospital stay took him out of action.
   
   Smith had a brain tumor, but it was shrinking and his hopeful family had planned to bring him home at the end of last week. But Thursday night he took a turn for the worse, family members said.