Complex sentence: Her husband, Daniel "Mac" McFarland Smith, Jr., had been stabbed to death on 18 August 2001 in Augusta, Georgia She had grown up in Augusta, and played high school basketball at Augusta Christian and Lakeside.
Split into simpler sentences: Her husband, Daniel "Mac" McFarland Smith, Jr., had been stabbed to death on 18 August 2001 in Augusta, Georgia. Smith had grown up in Augusta, and played high school basketball at Augusta Christian and Lakeside.