Hero. The song "What a Lie" from that album became a top 20 country hit for Smith, peaking at No. 16. She also recorded for Sound Factory Records during the early 1980s and scored her last top 20 in 1981 with "Cheatin's a Two-Way Street." Her last charting single came in 1986 with "Love Me All Over," which peaked at No. 80 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart in 1986. Decline and retirement After 1979, little was heard from Sammi Smith. She had moved to Arizona and became involved in Native American causes, working for Apaches. She also started her own band named Apache Spirit, which was made up of Native Americans. In the mid-1980s, she married her final husband Johnny Johnson, and they ran a Cattle Ranch in Bristow, Oklahoma. She did appearances on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. She also toured Japan. She often brought her son Waylon Payne to guest star at the Opry. She also had a line of pottery, bath salts, and hand-painted ceramic tiles for the bathroom. In 1995, the compilation album The Best of Sammi Smith was released, which consisted of her big hit and many other various countrypolitan songs. She had a total of 18 LPs during her career. Death On February 12, 2005, at the age of 61, Sammi Smith died at her home in Oklahoma City of emphysema. Her remains were buried in Guymon, Oklahoma, which she claimed was her home town (in a Hee Haw episode that aired January 1, 1973). A tribute album was released in her honor on September 26, 2006, titled Help Me Make It Through the Night: The Memorial Album.Family Her first husband was Hank Thompson's Brazos Valley steel guitarist Bob White. They had three children. Zenithapollostar born June 9, 1962, Robert Floyd White born November 26, 1963, and Snow Jewel White born December 9, 1964. Sammi and Bob divorced after their third child. Sammi later had a third son with Willie Nelson's guitarist Jody Payne. Waylon Malloy Payne was born April 5, 1972. Later she adopted two Apache sons, Albert and Alfred. Discography Awards CMA Awards 1971: Single of the Year for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" Grammy Awards 1972: Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" 1998: Grammy Hall of Fame for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" Award nominations CMA Awards 1971: