The Smithfield-Selma High School community in Johnston County, North Carolina, is grieving the loss of Wade Talley Swain, a 17-year-old recent graduate who was killed in a car accident on August 3, 2024.
Wade, who was born on August 22, 2006, in Cary, North Carolina, had just graduated from Smithfield-Selma High School and was preparing to begin his college journey at Wingate University, where he planned to pursue a career in Physical Therapy.
Students, staff, and parents gathered at the school’s baseball field over the weekend following his death to mourn together and honor the young man who had left such a deep impression on those around him…