Frances Smith has only lived five of her 77 years on this earth without knowing William Smith Jr. the first five.The pair met in kindergarten, and for the next seven decades, they were inseparable eventually marrying in 1965 and raising two children. Their relationship was jolted three years ago, when William suffered two strokes, rendering him bedridden and voiceless and requiring that he move to an assisted living facility in St. Mary’s County.