Indianapolis, IN (formerly of Racine) – Austin Ramon Smith, age 25, passed away on New Year's Eve, Thursday, December 31, 2015.

Austin was born in Racine on March 25, 1990 to Ginamarie Griffin and Dwayne Smith. A graduate of Mary D. Bradford High School, he went on to employed as a professional forklift operator. However, writing and producing music was truly Austin's life vocation.

Surviving are his mother, Ginamarie Griffin; father, Dwayne Smith; fiancé, Angela Bailey; 10-month old infant twin sons, Jacari Preston Bailey-Smith & Kartier King Bailey Smith; children, Janae, Tyran, Amaya and Malaiah; brothers, Brandon (Amber Pierce) Griffin, Montel Guiden and Cornelius Smith Brown; grandparents, Tom and Karen Lawrence; great-grandfather, Jerome Foley; nieces Sahira and Summer Griffin; nephew, Hunter Cowart; other dear relatives and friends – too numerous to mention all by name.

Austin was preceded in death by his grandparents, William Griffin, Sr.; Mary Anderson-Griffin, Mattie B. Smith & Monroe Harvey; and great-grandmother, Helen Foley.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 6:00 pm in Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home. Visitation will be in the funeral home on Sunday from 4:00 – 6:00 pm. A reception will follow at Kenosha Commons. Interment will be in West Lawn Memorial Park.