A Celebration of Life honoring Mr. Tracey L. Parker will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2025, in the Chapel of Rush Funeral Home, Pineville, with his son, Chris Parker, presiding. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, and will resume in the Chapel of Rush Funeral Home, Pineville, on Monday, November 3, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. until time of departure to the cemetery. Inurnment will be held at 11:00 a.m. at Holloway Baptist Church Cemetery, Deville, under the direction of Rush Funeral Home, Pineville.
Mr. Parker, 52, of Smithfield, Utah, and formerly of Deville, Louisiana, entered eternal rest on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Tracey was a native of Deville, Louisiana, where he was a graduate of Buckeye High School. He was a proud United States Army Veteran and served in Company C 5th Battalion, 10th Infantry 3rd Brigade.
After the Army, Tracey graduated from the Police Academy and served with the Pineville Police Department and the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office. He was a certified truck driver and formerly employed with NexAir in Alexandria, Louisiana, and later transferred to Linde Welding Gas and Equipment in Logan, Utah. Tracey was a skilled musician, satellite, map and land navigator, computer programmer/technician, plumber, electrician, carpenter, and mechanic. He loved all outdoor activities including hunting, fishing, hiking, and camping. He was a devoted husband, daddy, papa, son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin, and friend and he loved them all dearly. Tracey had a love for life even in the end.
His wishes were honored through organ donation to three recipients, whom are all doing well. He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.
Tracey was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Ellis (Jack) and Myrtis Parker; and maternal grandparents, Thomas and Yvonne Stockman.
Those left to mourn his loss and cherish his memory include his wife of twenty-six years, Dawn Parker of Smithfield, Utah; two children, Courtnie Michiels (Chris Cheaney) of Deville, and Chris Parker (Stephanie) of Shreveport; nine grandchildren, Zachary Michiels, Ayla Michiels, Hunter Michiels, Caylee Parker, Kyleigh Parker, Rebecca Parker, Skylar Parker, Violet Parker, and Arowyn Parker; his parents, Jackie and Sue Parker; his siblings, Jacob Parker (Talita) of Baton Rouge, and Lucy Parker of Deville; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.