Lazelle Andrew SMITH

                   Married Dorothy S. Cook 24 Jun 1939. They were never blessed with
children.  He was a favorite uncle and made numerous trips to SLC to
visit with the family.  He had a nickname for each niece and nephew,
mine being Sitting Bull. He never explained it but this apparently
reflected his perception of either my activity level or intransigence; I
never dared ask. His name for my mother was "The Queen" which to me
seemed perfectly appropriate. He was best known as "Andy", an
appellation he was given as a result of coaching football at Grossmont
High School where he taught debate. This was taken from a famous Univ.
of Calif. football coach named Andy Smith. He apparently preferred this
to Lazelle and even adopted the name to the extent of identifying himself
as L. A. Smith.  He was much loved as a teacher and produced many
champion debate teams in national competition.  He was extraordinarily
good natured and injected humor into every situation, usually
tongue-in-cheek but never at anyone's expense.  Out of respect and
admiration for Uncle Andy, we elected to name our youngest son after
him, having no idea at the time that he was born on Uncle Andy's
birthday.  This seemed to be especially touching to him and he
subsequently established a college fund for "Drew" which we credit for
providing important incentive to him to seek after a college education.
Mary Jean and I always felt particularly honored that he and Aunt
Dorothy attended our wedding.  A few years subsequently, he suffered a
head injury which resulted in a stroke which significantly incapacitated
him for his remaining years.  Aunt Dorothy continued teaching english at
Grossmont H.S. until her retirement. She had a special attatchment to
Drew. We stayed in touch with her through the years and always had
great love for her which was reciprocal.