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John Edward Smith
1953 — 2026
“Builder of bridges, teller of stories, the steadiest hand we knew.”
John spent 38 years making sure other people could cross safely to the other side — first as a young engineer, then as the man everyone called when a thing absolutely could not fail. He brought the same care home: to Peggy, to three children, to four grandchildren, and to a Labrador named Scout who outranked all of us.
A life in pictures
His story
1953
Born in Asheville, North Carolina.
1978
Married Margaret “Peggy” O’Brien.
1981–2019
Built bridges across three states.
2026
Passed peacefully at home, surrounded by family.
Tributes
“He taught me that the measure of a man is whether his work holds up after he’s gone. Dad, everything you built is still standing.”
“Grandpa kept a pocketknife and a clean handkerchief his whole life “just in case.” Turns out he was the just-in-case for all of us.”
“Caught more fish than me, never once let me know it. The river won’t be the same.”