William "Junebug" Smith-Bey Jr.

WILLIAM SMITH-BEY JR. WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 11, 1951 TO WILLIAM R. AND HATTIE E. SMITH IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN. HE RECEIVED HIS EARLY EDUCATION IN INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ATTENDING CRISPUS ATTUCKS HIGH SCHOOL.

WILLIAM ATTENDED TRADE SCHOOLS AND RECEIVED MANY CERTIFICATIONS.

WILLIAM JOINED THE MOORISH SCIENCE TEMPLE OF AMERICA IN 1989 AND SERVED IN MANY ROLES THROUGH HIS TIME IN THE ORGANIZATION. HE WAS GRAND SHEIK AND MUFTI IN THE MOORISH SCIENCE TEMPLE AND SWIFT ANGEL IN THE MOORISH AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.

WILLIAM WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "JUNEBUG" AND WAS AN AVID LOVER OF NATURE, MUSIC, TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE. A LIFELONG LEARNER, WILLIAM SPENT HIS DAYS READING AND STUDYING UP ON VARIOUS TOPICS. HE ALSO ENJOYED TRAVELING WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, MOST NOTABLY TO CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK.

WILLIAM JR. WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER WILLIAM R. SMITH SR., HIS MOTHER HATTIE E. SMITH, SISTER ANDREI J. FORD, STEP-BROTHER RONALD GREENWADE, ELDEST SON YAKUBU MG DILIZA, GRANDSON LEON L. BIGBEE, AND GREAT-GRANDSON CEDRIC V. MCCOMBS III. HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY; SIBLINGS EARL D. SMITH, TRINA V. (RODNEY) RIDLEY, DUANE C. SMITH, DARLIN D. SMITH-MOORE, GERALD A. SMITH, PERRY L.

(ANGELA) SMITH SR., SHANA (RICHARD) GOGOUA, PRESTON H. FORD III, DAMON

C. SMITH; STEP-MOTHER EVELYN SMITH; DAUGHTER ASIA (WILLIAM) COFFEE, SON MOAB SMITH-BEY, AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW CRESHAN DILIZA; GRANDCHILDREN JACE DAVIS, YAKUBU DILLIZA II, LETITIA BIGBEE, LETERRIA BIGBEE, NATAKI DILIZA, SEKAYI DILIZA, DAVID COFFEE, WILLIAM COFFEE III, BENJAMIN COFFEE AND ELLIOT COFFEE. HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY FOUR STEP-SISTERS AND A HOST OF COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER LOVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.