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Skip to main content Smiley shooting motives abound - 80-year-old faces trial in death of man, 75, with whom he had feud. FacebookTwitterEmail Metro daily - Cindy Rentz, cashier and waitress at One Stop Cafe in Smiley, tends to a customer. A year ago Charlie Bell shot Randell Basham dead inside One Stop Cafe, in Smiley, TX. Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001.Bob Owen/Staff Photographer These days, about the only folks who will sit in the corner chair facing the entrance of the One Stop Cafe are strangers who are behind on recent local history. Just a year ago, on Halloween, Randell Basham was sitting there, about to dive into his platter of eggs and sausage, when Charlie Bell came through the door packing a handgun. ....