Eric Gillette

Eric Coleman Gillette (44) was born December 26, 1978, in Washington D.C., to Martha and Warren Gillette. He served his country proudly and accomplished a lot in his life. Eric grew up in Boulder, Colorado, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Scottsdale, Arizona. After four years in the Navy, aboard the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, he earned his engineering degree at Arizona State University in materials science, followed by jobs in New York, Texas, and Arkansas. He was a worldwide traveler, musician, and extraordinarily fine artist, able to capture the heart and spirit of a person or landscape. His sweet and sensitive soul felt all the hurt and loss in the world, and in his life too keenly, and after a long period of illness and searching for the light, he passed away April 4, 2023, in Little Rock. He leaves behind his loving and beloved family - mother Martha Morton, father Warren Gillette (Paula); siblings Mary Laura Gillette Bielawski (Marcin), David Morton Gillette (Shannon) and children Brady, Hudson, and Ethan, and stepbrother Grayson Wedel and his mother Dawn Wedel; uncles Asa (Counts), David (Mary), and Lacey Morton, and Owen Gillette; cousins Mary Elizabeth Morton Smith (Alan) and children Devin (Kyrston) and Asa; Giles Reynolds, Laura Tague and children Caroline, Lauren, and Hannah; Amy Gillette and Owen. Donations may be made to the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Arkansas Arts Center, Wounded Warrior Project. Eric's full obituary may be found at ruebelfuneralhome.com