SMOKEY LIVED AT A VETERAN'S NURSING HOME WHERE I WORK AND WAS LOVED BY EVERYONE. HE WAS 17 YRS OLD WHEN HE PASSED AWAY. HE BECAME BLIND AND COULD NOT FIND HIS WAY AROUND. SO I TOOK HIM HOME AND CARED FOR HIM FOR 9 MONTHS. BECAUSE OF HIS HEALTH DECLINING I HAD TO MAKE A HARD DECISION. THERE WAS A STORY WROTE ABOUT HIM IN OUR LOCAL PAPER. SMOKEY WAS VERY POPULAR AND THE VETERAN'S MISS HIM DEARLY. HE WAS THE VETERAN CAT AT THE NURSING HOME. I MISS HIM SO MUCH. I HAVE HIS FRAMED 8 X 10 PICTURE ON MY DESK. HE WILL ALWAYS LIVE IN MY HEART.