Some of our members may wish to know of the passing of Rear Admiral Horton Smith, USNR, who was very well known in the Puget Sound area. The Admiral was also a longtime leader of young people in Puget Sound Area Sea Scouting, an activity that your editor shared. I, the editor also had the pleasure of serving under him as an enlisted member of the U.S. Naval Reserve many years ago, an association about which he enjoyed giving me a hard time in later years when we were both Sea Scout Commodores. I have never met a more enthusiastic American Patriot.
Rear Admiral Horton Smith, 90, passed away in Seattle, Washington April 29, 2016. He was born in Seattle on June 1, 1925 to Della & Mabel Smith. Admiral Horton Smith was a lifetime resident of the Seattle area, and worked in many roles including Attorney, King County Superior Court Judge, and most notably as a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. You can read a full obituary at this link: http://www.washelli.com/obits/obituaries.php/obitID/873770