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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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Willie Harrison Brewer and Noney Lee Shoemaker Brewer

Willie Harrison Brewer (1918-2003), son of Thomas Benjamin Wiley Brewer.  Noney Lee Shoemaker Brewer (1885-1942), mother of Willie and wife of Thomas Benjamin.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Dewey Samuel Brewer, Jr.

Dewey Samuel "D.S." Brewer, Jr. (1924-2009), son of Dewey Samuel Brewer, Sr., and his wife Mary Kathryn "Kat" Forsyth Brewer (1924-2005)



Kat and D.S. in their younger years




Kathryn "Kitty" Brewer Harrell (1947-2014), daughter of  Dewey Samuel Brewer, Jr., and Mary Kathryn Forsyth.




Mark Leon Estes (1968-2010), son of Kathryn Brewer Harrell and grandson of Dewey Samuel Brewer, Jr.






Descendants of James Robert Brewer (1886-1956)

Lester William "Schooly" Brewer (1911-1990), son of James Robert Brewer, and his wife Margaret Bernice Trexler Brewer (1920-2000).




Betty Mae Brewer Lyles (1916-1992), daughter of James Robert Brewer and wife of James Arthur Lyles.


Wiley Clay Brewer (1920-1966), center, son of James Robert Brewer, with two unknown friends.


Wiley Clay Brewer and his wife, Faye LaVerne Primm Brewer (1929-2006)



Martha Faye Brewer Cockrell (1914-1984) celebrating her birthday.  Martha Faye was the daughter of James Robert Brewer and Bessie Dean Shoemaker and wife of Raymond Dewey Cockrell.






Wednesday, November 24, 2010

James Bill Brewer

James Bill Brewer (1932-1956), son of Dewey Samuel Brewer, Sr.  Husband of Thelma Ernestine Beasley.  Father of Patricia, Buddy, Teresa, and Freddy.  He died at a young age doing what he most enjoyed, fishing.

 
Teresa Jo Brewer (1954-2006), daughter of James Bill Brewer and Thelma Ernestine Beasley Brewer.

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