Doug was born November 27, 1967 in the St Lukes Hospital in Boise, ID to Jerry and Jean (Beverage) Smith. He had 4 siblings; one brother and 3 sisters.
Early in Doug's life his family lived in the mountains of Idaho where Doug gain a love for the great outdoors. He attended high school in Spanish Fork, UT
Doug suffered an injury to his leg on a drilling rig accident on the job in his early adulthood and suffered greatly from then-on with physical pain. He had many good years but was always battling the pains of a failed surgery to his back and spine. As time progressed he found that life was harder and harder to balance between the pain and the joy of living.
Doug loved to spend time with his family and when daughter Chelsea brought a new grandson home a new joy was brought into his life. Doug often talk like a scruffy old miner to appear tough to outsiders but we all knew him to be a gentle sole that love his family deeply. More than anything else in the world. His love for animals was a very close second. Everyone thought the Smith's were nuts with all the stray and rescued dogs Doug had around him always. I think at one point he had 6 of them all at the same time. Doug's brother took one of his strays off his hands for 15 years and that dog was the best friend his brother every had. Chelsea and Paul inherited the love for animals from their father. Chelsea earned a degree to work in zoos. And Paul has always been the caregiver of both the dogs and his father.