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A son of  DeWitt, Sr., and Myrtis Lucille Gregory Methvin, he was reared  in Castor in Bienville Parish, of which his mother was the first woman [[mayor]] in Louisiana, with service from 1933 to 1945. He studied at Castor High School under the then long-term principal Elmer Reid Minchew (1908-2001), also the speech teacher and debate coach. Minchew was subsequently a speech [[professor]] at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].<ref>Dr. Elmer Reid Minchew obituary, ''The Shreveport Times'', July 2, 2001.</ref> DeWitt skipped the second grade, and there were only eleven grades for pupils graduating in 1940. He played baseball and basketball at Castor High School, which had no [[football]] team. He and his father built the first [[tennis]] court in town.<ref name=dtmjrbio/>  

A son of  DeWitt, Sr., and Myrtis Lucille Gregory Methvin, he was reared  in Castor in Bienville Parish, of which his mother was the first woman [[mayor]] in Louisiana, with service from 1933 to 1945. He studied at Castor High School under the then long-term principal Elmer Reid Minchew (1908-2001), also the speech teacher and debate coach. Minchew was subsequently a speech [[professor]] at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].<ref>Dr. Elmer Reid Minchew obituary, ''The Shreveport Times'', July 2, 2001.</ref> DeWitt skipped the second grade, and there were only eleven grades for pupils graduating in 1940. He played baseball and basketball at Castor High School, which had no [[football]] team. He and his father built the first [[tennis]] court in town.<ref name=dtmjrbio/>  

At the age of fifteen and a half, DeWitt, Jr., enrolled at [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge] to study medicine. With the intervention of [[World War II]], he enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] at the age of eighteen and earned pilot's wings. He taught naval aviation at several locations from [[Rochester]], [[New York]], to [[Oakland]], [[California]]. He was discharged from the military in 1946 and returned to LSU to study pre-law, not to complete the medical degree in which he had lost interest. Instead he graduated in 1950 from the LSU Law Center, at which he won the moot cour] competition in each of his three years of law school.<ref name=dtmjrbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0001.html|title=DeWitt Talmage Methvin, Jr.|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 7, 2014}}</ref>

At the age of fifteen and a half, DeWitt, Jr., enrolled at [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]] to study medicine. With the intervention of [[World War II]], he enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] at the age of eighteen and earned pilot's wings. He taught naval aviation at several locations from [[Rochester]], [[New York]], to [[Oakland]], [[California]]. He was discharged from the military in 1946 and returned to LSU to study pre-law, not to complete the medical degree in which he had lost interest. Instead he graduated in 1950 from the LSU Law Center, at which he won the moot cour] competition in each of his three years of law school.<ref name=dtmjrbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0001.html|title=DeWitt Talmage Methvin, Jr.|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 7, 2014}}</ref>

===Legal career===

===Legal career===