WILMINGTON – Hayden Taylor Smith was born in Greensboro, NC on January 4, 1986, He passed peacefully at his home in Wilmington, NC. on Sep. 18, 2024. He was 38. Hayden’s family lived in several cities; Oklahoma City, OK., Dillsburg, PA., and Richmond, VA. Hayden graduated Putnam City North High School in Oklahoma City in 2004. Following high school, Hayden returned to Virginia and studied Business Administration at James Madison University. After JMU he remained in Northern Virginia, he then traveled back to North Carolina and settled in Wilmington.