An award, winning author, Jeffery Tracey Sr. was born April 2, 1952, in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. His family separated when he was two, reunited when he was six, and separated again when he was eleven. After the last separation, Jeffery Tracey was sent to a foster home for four years.
He kept a positive attitude and graduated from South Houston High School in 1970. He married his wife, Debra, and then started his career in the U.S. Postal Service. He was a letter carrier, and then was promoted to supervisor, then manager. In 2000, he was acting postmaster in Livingston, Texas.
He and his wife currently reside in Pearland, Texas, where they have been residents for twenty-six years. He has a daughter, son, and six grandchildren. After raising a family and dedicating his life to the U.S. Postal Service, he started working on his passion of writing short stories.
His first book, A Family Reunited, released by Page Publishing Inc., is a collection of true short stories about a young boy reunited with an older brother, then father, and finally two more older brothers. It then tells about the boy’s wild adventures living on a farm in the Midwest in the early sixties.
His second book, A Family Torn Apart, released by Page Publishing Inc., won the Pinnacle Award for best non-fiction for summer of 2018. It is a heart-wrenching true story about an eleven-year old boy who sees his family being torn apart because of alcoholism, abuse, abandonment, and poverty.
His third book, Brainwashed by Foster Parents, was released by Page Publishing Inc. It is a true story of a young boy who was manipulated, coerced, and brainwashed by his foster parents.
His fourth book, Stubborn Debra Sue, is currently in publication by Page Publishing Inc. It is an inspirational story based on true events about a little handicapped girl who never gave up. It tells about the agony the little girl endured with her many operations. It tells how the little girl refused to let her handicap keep her from doing what other kids her age were doing. She gives true meaning to the phrase, Where there is a will, there is a way.
