"Smitty was killed in a car crash near Crescent, Oklahoma, on March 4, 1964, along with two others. He was 40 years old, and was survived by his wife and three daughters."

I looked him up on Find-A-Grave, and what's so sad, is that his wife, only 42-43, passed in 1966! Wonder what the story was there, but hopefully his daughters were cared for by family after that. Tragic childhood for those daughters.