Howard Garnett (H.G.) Smith was born in Princeton, KY, the son of Charles Lewis Smith and Willie Maxwell Wesson. In 1923, he married Minnie Belle Lester also of Princeton. They had two sons, identical twins, born in Louisville in July 1925, Joseph Wesson Smith and Robert Lester Smith. They moved to Oklahoma in late 1929 where he worked for Oklahoma Gas & Electric. He and Minnie moved to Tulsa in the later '40s where they bought their first home at 2652 S. Pittsburgh. H.G. worked there at Rose Hill Memorial Park for the latter part of his career.
H.G. always had a twinkle in his eye. He had a great singing voice and performed in many barbershop quartets. He also had memorized many quotes and poems from his schooldays and could still eloquently recite them into his later years. He also had quite a sense of humor that both sons inherited.
H.G. was too young to serve in WWI and too old for WWII but both his boys served in the Navy in WWII, Bob in the North Pacific and Joe in the South Pacific. Every day that they were in the service, they received a letter from their mom or dad.
Minnie called him Garnett. Bob and Joe called their parents by their first names, H.G. and Min. His grandkids called him G.G.
H.G. always had a twinkle in his eye. He had a great singing voice and performed in many barbershop quartets. He also had memorized many quotes and poems from his schooldays and could still eloquently recite them into his later years. He also had quite a sense of humor that both sons inherited.
H.G. was too young to serve in WWI and too old for WWII but both his boys served in the Navy in WWII, Bob in the North Pacific and Joe in the South Pacific. Every day that they were in the service, they received a letter from their mom or dad.
Minnie called him Garnett. Bob and Joe called their parents by their first names, H.G. and Min. His grandkids called him G.G.
Howard Garnett (H.G.) Smith was born in Princeton, KY, the son of Charles Lewis Smith and Willie Maxwell Wesson. In 1923, he married Minnie Belle Lester also of Princeton. They had two sons, identical twins, born in Louisville in July 1925, Joseph Wesson Smith and Robert Lester Smith. They moved to Oklahoma in late 1929 where he worked for Oklahoma Gas & Electric. He and Minnie moved to Tulsa in the later '40s where they bought their first home at 2652 S. Pittsburgh. H.G. worked there at Rose Hill Memorial Park for the latter part of his career.
H.G. always had a twinkle in his eye. He had a great singing voice and performed in many barbershop quartets. He also had memorized many quotes and poems from his schooldays and could still eloquently recite them into his later years. He also had quite a sense of humor that both sons inherited.
H.G. was too young to serve in WWI and too old for WWII but both his boys served in the Navy in WWII, Bob in the North Pacific and Joe in the South Pacific. Every day that they were in the service, they received a letter from their mom or dad.
Minnie called him Garnett. Bob and Joe called their parents by their first names, H.G. and Min. His grandkids called him G.G.
H.G. always had a twinkle in his eye. He had a great singing voice and performed in many barbershop quartets. He also had memorized many quotes and poems from his schooldays and could still eloquently recite them into his later years. He also had quite a sense of humor that both sons inherited.
H.G. was too young to serve in WWI and too old for WWII but both his boys served in the Navy in WWII, Bob in the North Pacific and Joe in the South Pacific. Every day that they were in the service, they received a letter from their mom or dad.
Minnie called him Garnett. Bob and Joe called their parents by their first names, H.G. and Min. His grandkids called him G.G.
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Burial date: 4/3/1979
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