DeWitt, Tracy, LCDR

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER TRACY GLEN DeWITT, 43, of Arlington, TN and formerly of Gravette, AR, died February 3, 2008 at Saint Francis Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Ellendale Baptist Church, Bartlett, TN and visitation will be from 5-8 p.m., Tuesday, also at the church. Tracy was a 1983 graduate of Gravette High School. After graduation from Auburn University in 1994, Tracy earned his Master's Degree in Management from Troy University in 2001. Tracy was working on and scheduled to obtain his PhD in Management from North Central University in May. He was an adjunct graduate school professor for The University of Arkansas. After graduating from high school in 1983, Tracy enlisted in the United States Navy where he had a distinguished career and obtained the rank of Lieutenant Commander. His Navy career included combat operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf, Operation Desert Fox in 1999 where he served as the Navigator of the USS Stout, a destroyer home-ported in Norfolk, VA. Tracy later conducted counter drug operations in Central and South America, while at that time seizing record amounts of drugs headed to the United States. He then served as the Combat Systems Officer on the USS Thomas Gates, a cruiser home-ported in Pascagoula, MS. Finally, before retiring in July, 2007, Tracy spent three years at the Naval Personnel Command in Millington, TN. Tracy is survived by his wife of 19 years, Gillis Michelle Holton DeWitt; three sons, Tyler, Justin and Andrew; his twin brother, Terry Len DeWitt of Arkadelphia, AR; his mother, Cheryl and stepfather, Brian Emery of Tulsa, OK; a stepmother, Betty DeWitt of Pea Ridge; his grandmother, Jean Whitten Coffelt of Centerton, AR. He was preceded in death by his father, Tracy Len DeWitt of Pea Ridge, AR. Tracy was the director of operations for Arkansas Delta Wired, at Mid-South Community College in West Memphis, AR. Tracy was involved in the Republican Party of Shelby County, Tennessee, where he served as President of the Northeast Shelby County Club. He was a faithful member of Ellendale Baptist church where he taught adult Sunday School, coached youth basketball and served on several committees. 
 

Retired from the Navy in 2007.  Adjunct Professor at the University of Arkansas on the Navy base in Millington, TN. 
Hasta la muerte, todo es vida!