I've never written this story and only a very few close friends have heard me speak of that night. In fact, it was only a couple of months ago that I decided that enough was enough and that I was going to talk about it openly this year and try to be happy this Christmas.
"Nobody really wants to deal with it straight on because it's kind of a touchy subject, said Smith, who served two deployments with the Wyoming Army National Guard in Iraq.
Wyoming has begun to trim its notoriously high suicide rate, an organizer of the Suicide Prevention Conference at the Ramkota Hotel in Casper this week.
The family of the late Mick McMurry will conduct a public service at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, the Casper Events Center, according to a press release from the family.