Charles Smith

Paaka-Hani-Eta*

1942-2018

Maker of the Arrows

Charles Allen Smith passed away peacefully at his home in New Home, Texas, on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Family and friends gathered to celebrate his life on March 6, 2018, at Calvary Baptist Church in Brownfield, Texas.

Charles is greatly missed by his family and friends. An artisan in steel, he blessed the Quanah Parker Trail with his talents, his generosity and his leadership. The tall roadside arrows are both his design and his handiwork. His grandson and protégé, Landon Smith, aims to follow in his bootprints and uphold the legacy.

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* On June 13, 2015, Ardith Parker Leming, great-granddaughter of Quanah Parker, honored Charles Smith by adopting him into her family at a ceremony at dawn at Quanah’s Star House. She gave him the Comanche name Paaka-Hani-Eta, meaning “Arrow Maker.”

“FIRST ARROW” EVENT On Quanah Parker Day, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, friends and family of Charles Smith gathered in New Home, Texas, to remember him and to dedicate his first arrow to his memory.
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