Bristol Irene Brewer Huffman (1927-2015)

We lost one of our senior members on November 1, 2015. Irene was the last survivor among the children of James Robert Brewer and Bessie Dean Shoemaker.  The couple's children developed a poem to remember the order of birth. Below is a variation of that poem as presented at Irene's funeral:

The story is about a family tree,

Bob and Bess and baby made three.

The baby was a boy named Lester Ray.

They soon had a sister named Martha Faye.

They thought the perfect family was four,

So they decided to have two more.

Two boys and two girls they say,

So along came Betty Mae and Wiley Clay.

To break the lie along came James Paul,

They thought that would surely be all.

But Bristol Irene was the last to be seen.

Brewer Family Meeting, May 16, 2015

The Brewer family met at the Greenbriar Village Café in Statesville on May 16, 2015.  As always meeting with family members is a pleasure.  Attending were:  Seated--Irene Brewer Huffman, Nancy Brewer Sloop, Kale Sloop (Nancy's husband), and Shirley Austin Tuttle.  Standing--Cindy Brewer Ledford, Bill Brewer, Sandy Brewer (Bill's wife), Jane Hill (Ron's wife), Tony Brewer, Sherry Brewer McCollum, and Mickey McCollum (Sherry's husband).  Ron Hill was taking the picture.

All are descendants of Wiley Brewer (1832-1864).  Two of Wiley's children were represented: 

1. Jerry Lee Brewer and his children:  James Robert, Thomas Benjamin, Ila Etta, and Dewey Samuel.

2. John Preston Brewer and his children:  Orlando Roy and Maldon Oscar.