This obituary was originally published on Colvin Funeral Homes & Cremations.

Colvin Funeral Home & Crematory…announces this earthly transition of William Crayton Smith Jr., of Fayetteville, NC, who departed this life on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at the age of 72. We extend our deepest condolences to the family and all that is connected. Services are entrusted to Colvin Funeral Home & Crematory of Fayetteville. Please keep this family in your prayers during their time of bereavement.

William leaves to mourn: his wife, and children, grandchildren, Deja Rene Smith, Kumi Smith, Kimari Spencer, Zoey Chance Smith. Siblings, Wayne D. Smith, Teresa Douglas, Rhonda Peterson. William will be joining his sister Mary Catherine Smith; his in laws: Herbert L. Mattocks and Kyla R. Smith, and a host of other family and friends.