Bailey has always been well manner. To all that he meet. And he always wanted to help others no matter what it was. He loved everybody Bailey I love you very much. And gonna miss him. He stayed with me.for a long time. And I alway miss him. Bailey J I will always love you. 

First time we met Bailey we were moving in creekside apartments. He had grabbed some boxes out of our car and was walking them up to the door. He put the boxes down and said I'm Bailey Smith the apartments security and I'm here to help. Sometimes he said I was under arrest and would handcuff me. I believe he was around 9 then. He was always wanting to help with anything. My daughter Hannah is 2 years younger then Bailey and he would always encourage her in anything. Hannah had a little moped that he would drive her around on to help her get use to it; and when the battery would die, Bailey would help me bring it in and would plug it up to be charged. He also would do weekly maintenance on it to make sure it was save. There are so many stories just like this with Bailey helping. Like with the pool at the apartments he was always a big help to Nick, our maintenance guy at the time. We would lock up the pool and Bailey was the one who would go put the key in the correct place. He would tell me, I can't tell you were it goes because I'm responsible. I could go on and on of stories like that where Bailey wanted to always help anybody & everybody. When he moved to Blacksburg we missed him but he kept in touch. And May 7th last year Richie, Hannah and I were heading out the door and before we got to the car there was Bailey. He was telling Hannah she should join the ROTC and how great it is. We also talked about my son Zachary being out on he's first Navy deployment on the worlds largest warship. I went to give him a hug before we headed out and for some reason I decided to take a selfie with him. I'm really glad I did. My family & I love & really thought a lot of Bailey and was so excited to see how far he would go. He is a shining star and will forever be in our families hearts. We are still and will continue praying for Traci, David and all the families & friends of Bailey! We love you Bailey! Go rest high on that mountain Bailey Smith.✝️ Our Hero!!!!

i really don’t know what to say. my condolences to his family and everyone he was close with. i miss the days hanging out during the summer time. throwing water balloons at each other, going to the skate park, just hanging out with Aidan, Grayson, Nia and Georgia. i wish i kept in contact with him, telling him how the navy is and how cool building bombs were during deployment. but again, condolences to his family and friends. really lost a good friend️

My sweet baby boy oh how I miss you I am so proud of you and so proud to have been your mom your impact on me and everyone you knew was incredible the day you always made me and your daddy so proud and we love you so much fly high my sweet baby I will forever miss you and love you you were one of a kind and I know you are watching of us and this will never be goodbye this is see you later save mama a sit I love you baby boy my forever16 baby love your mom

I looked up to smith, though he was in ROTC, and I was in the band, he inspired me to a become a leader in the GHS band of gold. I will never forget our moments together throughout high school, especially freshman year. It’s hard saying goodbye to a friend who was close enough to be considered a brother, I love and will forever miss you.

He was a great leader and an even better friend. He was like an older brother to me despite the fact I was older. He and I worked together in ROTC and we did colorguard together for a long period of time. He pushed me to be as great as I could and I thank him for that. I remember doing colorguard with him, and he and I always accidentally hit Brewington with the flag, and we’d joke about it every colorguard. He will be missed he was an amazing friend.

He was the best baby and a remarkable young man who just loved everybody!! He was the kind of person that didn’t make enemies. If you met him you fell in love with him ❤️ there was nothing about him negative. I can’t believe you’re gone I’m so proud of you and all that accomplished and were destined to do great things. God must’ve needed those great things done in Heaven. Aunt Shell will see you again one sweet day and until then I will miss you every breath I take!! #forever16 #mybabyboy

He was the sweetest and most loving boy ever. I pray that God lets him visit one last time. Bailey was one of the most respectable and leadership-filled individual, while also bringing in the humor aspect of it all. He made ROTC so fun and I can’t believe he’s gone now.

This isn’t goodbye, Bailey. It’s see you later. #LLB ️

He was the sweetest boy you could ever met it really going to be hard to for all of us but ik you are watching us I hope you have having fun up there

What a beautiful soul… he was such an amazing person. He was so adored. We love you Bailey!

He accomplished so much and mada a huge impact in such a short time. Forever missed.

Bailey always knew how to bring a smile to your face. He had a caring and loving soul. Though my time with him was brief, he left an indelible mark on me that I'll always cherish. We'll miss you dearly. Thank you for everything.