Honoring Our Ancestors

This blog is dedicated to the Brewer Family of North Carolina. These pages present our recent family gatherings and more distant family history.
We have an ongoing effort to capture the Brewer genealogy to best honor our ancestors. We've identified our ancestors who moved from Mecklenburg County, Virginia to Orange and Chatham Counties, NC as early as 1750. In the 1800s, we saw a migration to Alexander and Iredell Counties in NC, Tennessee, and Kentucky. By the 20th century our family made their homes all over the nation.
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Family of Willie (Bill) Harrison Brewer and Jennie Pearl Queen Brewer

Willie Harrison Brewer (1918-2003), son of Thomas Benjamin Wiley Brewer, and Jennie Pearl Queen Brewer (1919-1991).  Photo taken about 1940.

Willie Harrison Brewer and Jennie Pearl Queen Brewer.  Photo taken in 1982.


Jerry Eugene Brewer (1944-1988).  Jerry was named for his great grandfather, Jerry Lee Brewer (1861-1903).  Both great grandson and great grandfather died in their early forties.  Pictured below is Jerry during his high school graduation year of 1962 and during his time in the US Army in 1965.  Jerry served his country as a forward controller in Viet Nam.



William Kenneth "Butch" Brewer (1940-2014), first born of Willie Harrison Brewer and Jennie Pearl Queen Brewer.  The first photo below was taken during his senior year, 1958, in high school.  The second photo was taken in 2014.



Wednesday, September 8, 2010

lla Etta Elizabeth Brewer

Ila Etta Elizabeth Brewer (1890-1955).  Daughter of Jerry Milton Lee Brewer and Mary Elizabeth Willet Brewer

Ila Etta Elizabeth Brewer in later years.  Still a lovely woman.

Family of Joe Sephus Brewer, Sr.

Joseph "Joey" Barnard Brewer  (1981-2011).  Son of Tony Lynn and Angela Robin Davidson Brewer.



Joe Sephus Brewer, Sr. (1897-1964).  Son of Jerry M. Brewer and Mary Elizabeth Willet Brewer.



Joe Sephus Brewer, Sr., (1897-1964) and fellow World War I US Army soldier, Chester Arthur Mayberry (1895-1979).  Chester was the father-in-law of Edna Pauline Connolly, daughter of Ora Una Brewer Connolly.




Joe Sephus Brewer, Jr. (1922-1971).  Photo was taken when Joe was about 17 years old at Ft. Jackson, SC.



Joe Sephus Brewer, Jr. (1922-1971) and Florence Johnslee Brewer (1920-1988), children of Joe Sephus Brewer, Sr.



Two sons of Joe Sephus Brewer, Sr. served in the US Navy:  Glenn Hillery Brewer (1932-1982) and James Barnard Brewer (b. 1934).  Article from Front & Center in the October 8, 1953 issue of the Statesville Landmark.



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