Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Hey Jeff,it's been about 6 months.I guess you're hangin' out with papaw now huh.You know my birthday is coming up the 24.It's been about a year almost and I still cry at night sometimes.I guess you don't know how much you really love someone until they're gone.Come sometime alright?I'll be waiting.Luv ya' Taylor

Taylor Youngblood
Jeffs step son

October 20, 2004

HEY JEFF HAD TO WRITE AND TELL YOU I HAD MY FIRST BIG FIRE. I JUMPED OFF THE TRUCK IN FULL GEAR GRABBED THE BOOSTER LINE AND PUT OUT THIS BARREL THAT WAS ON FIRE IN FRONT OF A HOME HERE IN THE CITY. HAH--HAH--HAH MY CREW LAUGHED ALL NIGHT AND SAID I SAVED THE CITY. I KNOW YOU WERE THERE CAUSE I COULD HEAR YOU LAUGHING SAYING YEAH JES THATS THE BIG BURNER--LOL. ANYWAY THANKS FOR WATCHING MY BACK EVERYDAY ITS A GOOD FEELING KNOWING YOUR ON MY SHOULDER. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU AND GOD FOR GIVING THE FAMILY STRENGTH AND HELPING US DEAL WITH YOU NOT BEING WITH US EVERYDAY IN PERSON. I PRAY EVERYDAY FOR TRACY, YOUR MOM,DAD,SUSAN. CONTINUE TO STAND BY THEIR SIDE AND GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH AND LOVE NEEDED TO FULL THERE HEART WITH JOY AND WONDERFUL MEMORIES. UNTILL NEXT TIME JEFF, MISS YOU MAN. LOVE COUSIN JES-----P.S IF YOU EVER SEE THINGS GET TO ROUGH AROUND ME RING THAT BELL ON MY SCBA AND GUIDE MY SOUL TO THE OUTSIDE!!!!!!!!

Jesse P. Hewitt II FIREFIGHTER/MEDIC
Newport News fire Department

October 11, 2004

HEY BRO
THERE ARE LEADERS AND THERE ARE FOLLOWERS IN THIS WORLD
YOU MADE A SACRIFICE AND THE MEMORY OF YOU WILL BE THAT OF A LEADER
I MET YOUR MOTHER "MOM" IN NEW YORK AND IN JUST A FEW BREIF MOMENTS OF TALK WITH HER AND I FELT AS THOUGH I KNEW YOU ALL MY LIFE. IN THE MILITARY WE ARE TAUGHT TO DISPLAY A FEW CERTAIN QUALITIES, "HONOR,COMMITMENT AND COURAGE" TO GOD, COUNTRY AND SELF.
GOD BLESS AND COMFORT YOUR FAMILY.
J. McCOY

MASTER DEPUTY J. MCCOY
NORFOLK SHERIFF'S OFFICER

October 8, 2004

Marines and Police Officers are part of a brotherhood that others will never know! Rest in Peace, Sgt. Hewitt, we've got the watch from here!

Ofc. Culver, RJ #138
Holly Hill Police Department
Volusia County, FL

Ofc. Culver, RJ #138
Holly Hill Police Department

October 6, 2004

Jeff,
It has now been 6 months since you were taken from us. I want you to know your memory is still so alive. We all still love you and miss you very much.

October 5, 2004

Hey. I finally did it. I hope that someday I make you proud. I know you'll be with me every step of the way. Thank you for the inspiration. I love you and still miss you so much. Wish you were here to celebrate.

September 23, 2004

Hey Baby! I sure have been missing you a lot today. Not much different than any other day. I've felt your presence so much this week. I guess people would think I am crazy! We had a terrible storm last week. The basement flooded out! It was a mess! I know, you told me so! But luckily the computer was safe. I remember you telling me it wasn't a good idea to put the office down there. I must have vacuumed up 50 gallons of water. I sure could use one of your famous back rubs. Every few minutes I would feel as if someone were standing behind me. It was as if I could see a shadow pass by me. I guess it was you leaning over my shoulder to make sure I was doing everything right. Jeff, I'm trying to be strong! I know that is what you would want me to do. I know you would want me to be happy! I just don't understand how I'm suppose to do that without you. I know God must have a plan. I just wish he would let me in on it. I know his thoughts are for our good. I keep trying to remind myself of that. Well Honey, I just wanted you to know I'm thinking of you. I miss you so much. I'll see you in my dreams.

I love you
Tra

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Tracie Hewitt

September 23, 2004

Jeff, It is almost time for Talladega. It will not be the same without you, but we'll keep the Talladega tradition for you.

September 19, 2004

Opening day!! Happy hunting my friend!!!
Heaven has now in it's posession, the finest we here on earth have to offer!
See ya soon, brother.

TY

September 13, 2004

Jeff,
As I drove through Buncombe County on my way to (God's Country)Tennessee in August, I thought about you and the ultimate sacrifice you gave. When I got back to work I was talking to my Patrol Captain about my trip and driving through Buncombe County. He said he lost a good friend who gave his life in the line of duty working with the Buncombe Co. S.O. When I said your name he freaked out.

I told him we were both from Tennessee, stole Skoal from each other, and were in the Marine Corps together. He tells me you and him went through BLET together at Carteret Community College. I asked him if you told any good jokes. He just replied, "You Think". We sat there talking about you for a good hour. We are working on a memorial for you to be placed at the BLET Center at the college.

One of my good friends with the NCSHP will be transferring from Carteret County to Buncombe County in a couple of weeks. I'm gonna help her move so maybe I can meet Tracie for the first time and introduce her to Nicole Clasby. Buncombe County might get interesting with a female trooper riding the roads. I'll try my best to visit with you while I'm there. Keep a watch over us brother.

Tracie (Hewitt family), if you need to come to the coast for anything. Please feel free to call on myself or Captain Franklin Fulcher at the Sheriff's Office here for accommadations. I saw this poem and it made me think of you.

Don't grieve for me for now I'm free,
I'm following the path God laid for me.
I took His hand when I heard Him call,
I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day,
To laugh, to love, to work, or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way,
I found a peace at the close of the day.

If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
Ah yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow,
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, I've savored so much,
Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all to brief,
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your hearts and share with me,
for God wanted me now, He set me free.

Deputy Sheriff Kevin B. Kelley
Carteret Co. Sheriff's Office Beaufort, NC.

September 10, 2004

Jeff,
It's less than a week to opening day of bow season and I'm sure you have everything already laid out and ready to go. Of course we all know you have the best stand location on the property,
as you always did!!!! You have no idea how I'm going to miss hearing your stories from the hunts on the Biltmore property, man you were always so excited about it. Jeff, I knew you only a short time but I feel like I have lost so much. I'm so thankful that our paths of life were meant to cross in the most unusual way, because the work you done in such a short amount of time is totally amazing. I owe so much to you, because in this world in which we live, peace is the thing that is the most difficult to find. And that is exactly what you brought to my life. Man, I miss you!!!! Take care buddy, Oh, by the way, watch out for the Black Bears this season!!!!! Remember that one???
Heaven has now in it's possesion, the finest we here on earth have to offer..

FOREVER IN DEBT TO YOU,
TY

TY

September 7, 2004

Jeff,

It has been almost 4 months since we lost you..in a way it seems like forever, in a way it seems like just yesterday. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about you, and about that night, and how it changed me, and so many other people, in so many ways. I still have so much to thank you for. I went out to see your resting place not too long ago, and it was a very hard thing to do, but at the same time brought me some peace. You have made me appreciate so much, especially the wonderful officers I work with. I think of Tracie a lot, and I can tell from her reflections to you that she loved you with every beat of her heart. We should all be so lucky as to find someone we can share a love that deep with. We love you, we miss you...keep smiling down on us...

August 31, 2004

It's been a while since I've written or gone to see your grave. I went by this week...You have a stone. I don't know how I feel about seeing a stone with your name in a graveyard. It means you're really gone and I have hoped all of this time that someone would say this is all a joke.
The reason I am writing is because today I drove all the way down Long Shoals Road(something I try to avoid because I always saw you there). But anyways, I was driving and of course I got stopped right infront of the Subway Plaza . Our last real conversation was right there in that very parking lot. When I told you that Seon finally proposed and I had accepted. You were so happy for me and you asked me when we were gonna do it.I told you April 4th, 2004. You laughed harder than I had ever seen you laugh when you realized I had picked 04/04/04. I planned the whole wedding with thought of you and Tracie (even though I had never met her) being there. Then about December I found out that the man that was to walk me down the isle had bone cancer. We put the wedding off and I have mixed emotions as to how I feel about that. If we had gone ahead and gotten married you would have been there( I know that) and you wouldn't have gone to work that night because you would have gone to the reception and if I know you , you would have had too many beers and this horrible loss wouldn't be. We would all be happy in our little lives and you still would have been here to protect us.
Gosh, I wish you knew how good it felt to finally get that out. I have thought it so long...I know I'm not the blame for your death but I can't help but think of how a change in my life changed so many other lives. I miss you so very much and I still send all my love and prayers to Tracie.
Dylan and Austyn say "hey" and they miss seeing you. Hogan told me the other day that if I missed you so much we can go to the 'Yellow Store' and see you...you're there getting coffee. Bless it. I wish there were an easier way of explaining this to the kids. You touched so many lives more than you could ever know and I thank you for that. I love you and I miss you and you know I'll be talking to you soon...

August 21, 2004

ITS BEEN AWHILE JEFF SINCE WE LAST SPOKE. WE HAD ALOT OF STUFF TO CATCH UP ON.THINGS ARE SO CRAZY IN THIS LINE OF WORK, I SEE SO MANY FUNY THINGS BUT YET SO MANY TERRIBLE THINGS. I WORK WITH POLICE OFFICERS EVERYDAY NOT A SECOND GOES BY I DONT SAY TO THEM EVERY TIME ON SCENE " HEY MAN BE CAREFUL AND I GOT YOUR BACK. INFACT I THINK YOU WERE ON SCENE WHILE BACK IN A STATE TROOPERS UNIFORM. THIS TROOPER GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE AND THIS GUY LOOKED JUST LIKE YOU AND WALKED LIKE YOU EVEN HAD THAT HEWITT SENSE OF HUMOR. I THINK YOU JUST CAME TO CHECK ON ME THAT DAY AND LET ME KNOW YOU ARE ON MY SHOULDER GUIDEING ME AND SAVING LIVES THROUGH ME. I MISS YOU BUD AND HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE GIVING ME THE STRENGTH TO BE AS WONDERFUL TO MY COMMUNITY AS YOU WERE TO YOURS. I MISS YOU AND I WILL BRING MY BADGE WITH ME FOR YOU TOO SEE WHEN MY TIME FOR HEAVEN ARRIVES. LOVE YOU MAN COUSIN JESS

FIREFIGHTER/MEDIC JESSE P HEWITT II
Newport News fire Department

August 18, 2004

i come to this site everyday. i feel for your family and your loved ones. i need to live up to your standards...................as i know that you would want me to...............reserve me a place in heaven...............i will see you there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

deputy
bcsd

August 16, 2004

Sarge,
It has been a little over 4 months since you saved the lives of your fellow officers. It has been a hard time for all of us. I know that each of us has had to deal with your heroic actions in our own way. It saddens me to admit that I have not lived up to your standards in fulfilling the duties that you left for me to fulfill. I know that I can never replace you, nor would I try too.
I have been feeling sorry for myself … not thinking of my other fellow officers needs!
I will be back 10-41 on Friday. Please speak to God for me? I need to be stronger, kinder and tolerant in dealing with the other hero’s of this squad… Chuck, Rock, Will, John, Court, Grover, Bo, John, Matt and all of my other fellow members of the Sheriff’s Department. I will be more proactive in my duties…as you were…living up to the standard that you set.

Always faithful!!!!!!!!!

BCSD

August 16, 2004

To Traci, parents, family, friends and co-workers of Sergeant Hewitt, my prayers are with you. I'm so sorry for your loss, I know to well what you are going through, my son was shot by another officer in January. It has sent my world tumbling, nothing will every be the same. The only saving grace for me was knowing that Clint loved being an officer, and couldn't wait to go to work. I bet that Jeffrey was the same way, they are a special breed, and true hero's in my book.
I visit this web-site often on my sleepless nights, reading the loving tributes to all the special hero's, thank you Traci for submitting yours to so many. You know that our paths will probally cross at least once, I hope you look me up.
Thank you Sergeant Jeffrey Hewitt for the ultimate sacrifice. Your family will miss you everyday, but we will never forget you...

Connie Barker
Mother of P.O. Clint Walker E.O.W. 1-14-04

August 15, 2004

I BELIEVE

Every now and then soft as breath upon my skin
I feel you come back again
And it's like you haven't been gone a moment from my side
Like the tears were never cried
Like the hands of time are holding you and me
And with all my heart I'm sure we're closer than we ever were
I don't have to hear or see, I've got all the proof I need
There are more than angels watching over me
I believe, I believe

Now when you die your life goes on
It doesn't end here when you're gone
Every soul is filled with light
It never ends and if I'm right
Our love can even reach across eternity
I believe, I believe

Forever, you're a part of me
Forever, in the heart of me
And I'll hold you even longer if I can
And the people who don't see the most
Say that I believe in ghosts
And if that makes me crazy, then I am
'Cause I believe

There are more than angels watching over me
I believe, I believe



Baby, I love you!
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Tracie M. Hewitt

August 13, 2004

Jeff,
Bow season is just around the corner and I think of you often, knowing your love and excitement we both shared for the sport. It sure isn't going to be the same this year, not being able to share stories of the big ones that GOT
AWAY!!!! But none the less you are having the hunt of a lifetime!
It's been four months and nine days since you left, and so many things have changed. A lot in which I don't understand but I guess it's not for me to understand. Just wanted to talk to you, maybe see if you have found a good place to hang a stand!!!! Until next time continue your watch! Heaven has now in it's posession the finest we here on earth have to offer! GOD SPEED BROTHER, hope to see you soon...

TY

August 13, 2004

Tracy,
I tried to send you a message a few weeks ago but evidently this site was messed up for a few days. I wanted to let you know that I've continued to keep you and your family in my prayers. I hope you got the card I sent after Jeff was killed. I understand the pain that you are feeling even though our circumstances were a little different. When there is no hope left, your heart breaks. Well let me promise you, I'll always live with a broken heart. The pain doesn't get better, it just seems that you find a way to make it through each day and before you know it a year has gone by, then 2 years and you look back and wonder how you made it so far. Even with that amount of time passing, there are times that I'll see or hear something that reminds me of Calvin and I can't help but cry. Thankfully most of the times now I'm able to smile but when you least expect it, something will make you cry. Feel free to contact me anytime if I can do anything for you. Keep your head up, it's easier to see Jeff smiling down at you that way!

Denise
Survivor of Trooper Calvin E. Taylor

August 2, 2004

Hey Baby,
I just wanted to let you know how much I miss you. I took Taylor to Tennessee today to do some shopping for school clothes. Can you believe he's starting Middle School. Don't pass out...but he actually tried some steak today. He's been such a picky eater, but I think he's coming around. Just hope he doesn't pick up your eating habits or he'll have me bankrupt. Ha Ha Just kidding! We took Taylor's friend Dylan with us. He had some game that they were playing in the car. You enter in your birth date and the birth date of someone you love and it tells you your compatability level. It is on a scale from 1 - 10. You won't believe this....we got 10 hearts! We were made for each other. Baby, I know I will never find anyone like you again, as long as I live. I miss you so much! I would give anything to have just one minute with you! I miss your smile, I miss your touch! I feel so empty inside...so alone. But I know you are here in my heart...I know you are watching over me and Taylor...and I know we will meet again.

I love and miss you!
Tra

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Tracie Moore Hewitt
Jeff's Wife

August 1, 2004

Amazingly it has been almost 4 months since you were taken and we all still miss you so. You are still a HERO and YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE!!! You made a difference in my life and in so many others lives. Thank you so much for all you've done and all of the things your memory is still doing. Imagine the loss of someone so great can bring people together. Thank you Jeff, With all of my heart. You are and always have been simply amazing.

July 30, 2004

I was saddened to learn of the violent death of Jeff Hewitt. I served with him when he was an MP in the Marine Corps. I remember a quiet, professional officer who exemplified the finest traditions of Law Enforcement. He sent us a picture of him and his patrol car shortly after joining the sheriffs office in Buncombe County. We posted it on the bulletin board at PMO, proud that one of our own was serving. Rest in peace, Jeff. Semper Fidelis!!

David LaRose
USMC Military Police (Ret.)

July 30, 2004

Sergent Hewitt. There are no words for how I feel. You are the officer I only wish I could be. You gave you life doing what was right. I know you will be with me and everyone else at the sheriffs dept.

July 28, 2004

Dear Jeff,
There has not been a day since 04-04-04, that I haven't thought of and missed you. One of your friends from the Sheriff's Department will drive by the house and I realize your car won't be back. That I will never see you so handsome and proud in your uniform. With your radio in your hand answering a call for Edward 2.
I'm told that time heals all things. Well I cannot agree with that. Time may EASE the pain, hurt, grief and sadness of losing you, but NEVER will I be totally healed of it. How can I ever heal completely from losing someone so precious that came into my daughter's life at a time that seemed so hopeless for her. As her Mother, there was nothing I could say or do that would help,just like now. I can only keep praying for her as I did before God sent you into her life. And then, after seeing her so broken, God said I think it's time to send Tracie some sunshine, and take away the dark cloud that so beseech her. God said I'll send someone special, very special. Someone that will love her son Taylor and treat him as if he were his own. He said, I will send Tracie someone with the strength and integrity of a United States Marine that will be strong for her to lean on, someone that can hold her up when she feels faint, someone to help heal her hurts. So our Lord in all His Wisdom sen Jeffrey Todd Hewitt.
I could never thank God enough for you, and all the things you did to touch so many lives. Matthew 5:9, Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.
Jeff we all know the distress call of "May Day" "May Day": The cry for help. Although Tracie never spoke these words, I do beleive they weree for a long time in her heart. There was a gospel group from Asheville a few years ago called "The Peacemakers", They sang a song called May Day, May Day, my broken heart is crying May Day. I beleive this is when you came into Tracie's life.
I saw brightness, love and laughter come back into her eyes. I can't see and I don't understand why God took you from us so suddenly. Why your time with us was so short. The day you and Tracie were married was a joyous day for all of us. Not only did I gain another son, but found your Mom, Dad and family to be such warm loving people. So I found out where your's came from.
Thank you for all the time you and Tracie mowed the grass. And I know there were so many times you both were already so tired from working your regular job. I do hope you both know how much I appreciated all you did. And how I enjoyed it when we had time together even if is was jus long enough for you to stop by grab a plate and leave. But no matter what was cooked or how you would always say "That right there is good stuff." Now you sit at our Heavenly Father's table, how awsome it must be and I bet you tell Him the same thing.
Jeff, thank you for making all of Tracie's family feel comfortable and making yourself at home, because you were.
Thank you for bing such a great stepdad to Taylor. For leaving him such a legacy. And I know Taylor's dad Tony will continue to teach Taylor, as he always has, To respect our men in uniform, the military, Sheriff Dept. Police Dept, Highway Patrol and our Firemen, that like you, risk there lives for us everday.
You won the heart and respect of many people. Only God, good parents and the military can make a man of such quality. I found no fault in you jeff, but being we all have them, you became perfected on 04-04-04. You took your flight that night right into the arams of our Lord and Saviour, and instantly became just like Him. I can't see the full picture as God can, so I don't know why you had to leave us so soon. But with all my heart Jeff, I would have gladly taken your place on 04-04-04.
Sweetie you will forever be in my heart. Thank you for the joy you gave us, that sweet smile, for all the "I love you's".
I pray your life was not taken in vain, that someone will realizw that we aren't promised tomorrow or even the rest of the day. When I would hear of a fallen soldier, police, deputy or fireman, I never knew the hurt and pain of there fammilies, until one of them was you. I always, for a moment hut with those who lost someone in the line of duty, but more I find myself truly feeling there pain.
Gods word tells us His Grace is sufficent. That whosoever calls upon the name of Jesus and beleives in Him, shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. I don't think God minds one bit your leaning up againt a tree, and fishing in the river of life, but I really don't know about your shooting one of his deer. Because you can always throw the fish back.
Jeff your home now, you take your rest in the arms of our Saviour.
Forever and always, your memory will leave a tear in my eye, but also a smile in my heart. For we were blessed for having you in our family.
Oh, and thanks for the butterfly wings.
Jeff, we will see you again soon. Look for me, I'll meet you just inside the Eastern Gate.

With Love and Thanks
Caroly T Moore

Carolyn Moore
Jeff's Mother-in-law

July 22, 2004