11/17/2025
It’s hard to find the words to explain how much this little guy meant to me, and our family and our extended family who supports our foundation.
Jack Hammer, our BEAUTIFUL Studley, English bulldog, COMPANY MASCOT & prized member of the Smith household passed away today after a lifelong battle with an inherited auto immune disease.
With a special low-fat diet, and steroids we managed to keep this disease at bay for almost 8 years, his life expectancy was 5 to 7 years so our tough little man did good. 
In his short life, he did a ton of living, traveled coast to coast with me and helped us raise thousands of dollars for our foundation.
He had several beers named after him in micro breweries around the country as well as a Moonshine that’s currently being sold in all 50 states named Hammershine, his picture is on the back of the bottle. 
Some states he visited outside of Texas are New Mexico, Arizona, (Tombstone & Grand Canyon) California, Nevada, (Las Vegas) Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, & Tennessee.
Tennessee Legend Distillery - Sevier County
Tennessee Legend Distillery - Cookeville
Condolences are not necessary. Jack lived a good life and although we are heartbroken, if you’d like to honor him and his legacy, please just log onto tennesseelegend.com and order you a bottle of his special recipe HAMMERSHINE
And that’s ……
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For the moonshine drinkers, it makes an excellent Christmas gift. 
Semper Fi!