Yahshem Ariel Benyisrayl

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have  kept the faith. Henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of  righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that  day, and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”  2 Timothy 4:7-8 KJV 

Yahshem Ben-Yisrayl was born on September 9, 1999 to Dwayne  Williams and Cedena Neal. 

At an early age, Yahshem joined the Temple of Yah in Terry, MS under  the leadership of Rabbi Bobby Dixon. 

Yahshem graduated from Hazlehurst High School in 2017 where he  was a member of JROTC. After graduation Yahshem joined the  United States Army in 2018. During his time in the Army Yahshem  served in Kuwait. He was Honorably Discharged in September 2023. 

Yahshem was proceeded in death by his father, Dwayne Williams;  paternal grandparents, Brady & Piccola Williams; maternal  grandparents, William Neal, Sr. and Elizabeth Neal. 

Yahshem leaves to cherish his memory a loving wife, Consepcion  Figueroa; two (2) children, Zephaniah Elias Ben-Yisrayl and Ariella  Gaia Bhat-Yisrayl; mother, Cedena Neal; grandmother, Evelyn Martin; two (2) sisters, Takoria Williams and ZaKiya Williams; three (3)  brothers, Hashem Ben-Yisrayl, Shmooel Ben-Yisrayl and Mosheh Ben Yisrayl; mother-in-law, Josefina Pozos-Zeoeda; father-in-law, Cesar U  Figueroa, Sr.; sister-in-law, Selena Figueroa; brother-in-law, Cesar U  Figueroa, Jr.; five (5) nephews, Nehemiah D. Banks, Montez T. Terrell,  Jr., K’syn C. Terrell, Akeem D. Ben-Yisrayl, and Jovani C. Dalton; one  (1) niece, Cherish Craft. A host of uncles, aunts and cousins.