John Wesley Smith

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Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory - Hertford

Posted events

September 24, 2025

Sep

Celebration of Life

1:00 p.m.

Bethel Baptist Church

794 Burnt Mill Road, Hertford, NC 27944

Oct

Celebration of Life

10:00 a.m.

Tropical Farms Baptist Church

1555 SW Kanner Hwy., Stuart, FL 34997

Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory - Hertford

Posted an obituary

September 24, 2025

John Smith Obituary

John Smith, 64, of North Carolina, passed away suddenly on September 18, 2025, in a tragic commercial fishing accident. Born on November 7, 1960, in Stuart, Florida, John lived a life devoted to faith, family, and the sea.He was adopted by Jesse... Read John Smith's Obituary