James Fulton "Jay" Brewer, 91, of Eagle Springs died of natural causes Monday, June 28, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital.
The family will be receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, at Kennedy Funeral Home in Robbins.
Funeral services will be held at Brown's Chapel Christian Church, Thursday, July 1, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Clarence Garner will be conducting services. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Jay Brewer was born Nov. 22, 1918, in Moore County, the second son of Doctor Franklin Brewer and Bertie Alma Williams Brewer.
When Jay was about 15 months old, his mother died during an influenza epidemic. This left Jay and his older brother Lacy motherless. After their mother's death, the two young boys were raised by their maternal grandparents, James Madison Williams and Rebecca (Jim and Becky) Williams, of Eagle Springs. Jay and Lacy also spent their early formative years with their Aunt Blanche and Uncle Lucas Williams, of Eagle Springs.
As an adult Jay Brewer married Miss Bessie Furr in 1941. They made a home in Eagle Springs and reared two children, James and Ann.
Mr. Brewer was a professional welder, construction supervisor, and ran a successful salvage (B&B Salvage) business with his son, James. Jay Brewer also had the distinction of helping build the site of the first lunar space shuttle and helped with the completion of the first atomic bomb complex.
Jay was a member of the Robbins Masonic Lodge AF/AM for 50-plus years and a founding member of the Rock Hill Friends Church of Eagle Springs.
Mr. Brewer was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife; an infant son, Archie Willard Brewer; his brother, Lacy Wilford Brewer; sisters Virginia Brewer Smith and Bonnie Brewer Wood; and a stepmother, Mary Connell Brewer.
Mr. James Fulton "Jay" Brewer loved and adored his family. He is survived by his son, James Wilford Brewer, of Eagle Springs; and his daughter, Ann Brewer Eldridge and husband, John M. Eldridge III, of Broadway. His grandchildren are Laura Brewer Clark, of Eagle Springs, Stephen Cockman, of Wilmington, John M. Eldridge IV, and Matthew Eldridge, of Broadway. Additionally, Mr. Brewer is survived by his great-grandchildren, John M. Eldridge V and Hunter James Eldridge, of Broadway.
He will be loved and remembered by those who knew him.
The family will be receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, at Kennedy Funeral Home in Robbins.
Funeral services will be held at Brown's Chapel Christian Church, Thursday, July 1, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Clarence Garner will be conducting services. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Jay Brewer was born Nov. 22, 1918, in Moore County, the second son of Doctor Franklin Brewer and Bertie Alma Williams Brewer.
When Jay was about 15 months old, his mother died during an influenza epidemic. This left Jay and his older brother Lacy motherless. After their mother's death, the two young boys were raised by their maternal grandparents, James Madison Williams and Rebecca (Jim and Becky) Williams, of Eagle Springs. Jay and Lacy also spent their early formative years with their Aunt Blanche and Uncle Lucas Williams, of Eagle Springs.
As an adult Jay Brewer married Miss Bessie Furr in 1941. They made a home in Eagle Springs and reared two children, James and Ann.
Mr. Brewer was a professional welder, construction supervisor, and ran a successful salvage (B&B Salvage) business with his son, James. Jay Brewer also had the distinction of helping build the site of the first lunar space shuttle and helped with the completion of the first atomic bomb complex.
Jay was a member of the Robbins Masonic Lodge AF/AM for 50-plus years and a founding member of the Rock Hill Friends Church of Eagle Springs.
Mr. Brewer was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife; an infant son, Archie Willard Brewer; his brother, Lacy Wilford Brewer; sisters Virginia Brewer Smith and Bonnie Brewer Wood; and a stepmother, Mary Connell Brewer.
Mr. James Fulton "Jay" Brewer loved and adored his family. He is survived by his son, James Wilford Brewer, of Eagle Springs; and his daughter, Ann Brewer Eldridge and husband, John M. Eldridge III, of Broadway. His grandchildren are Laura Brewer Clark, of Eagle Springs, Stephen Cockman, of Wilmington, John M. Eldridge IV, and Matthew Eldridge, of Broadway. Additionally, Mr. Brewer is survived by his great-grandchildren, John M. Eldridge V and Hunter James Eldridge, of Broadway.
He will be loved and remembered by those who knew him.
James Fulton "Jay" Brewer, 91, of Eagle Springs died of natural causes Monday, June 28, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital.
The family will be receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, at Kennedy Funeral Home in Robbins.
Funeral services will be held at Brown's Chapel Christian Church, Thursday, July 1, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Clarence Garner will be conducting services. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Jay Brewer was born Nov. 22, 1918, in Moore County, the second son of Doctor Franklin Brewer and Bertie Alma Williams Brewer.
When Jay was about 15 months old, his mother died during an influenza epidemic. This left Jay and his older brother Lacy motherless. After their mother's death, the two young boys were raised by their maternal grandparents, James Madison Williams and Rebecca (Jim and Becky) Williams, of Eagle Springs. Jay and Lacy also spent their early formative years with their Aunt Blanche and Uncle Lucas Williams, of Eagle Springs.
As an adult Jay Brewer married Miss Bessie Furr in 1941. They made a home in Eagle Springs and reared two children, James and Ann.
Mr. Brewer was a professional welder, construction supervisor, and ran a successful salvage (B&B Salvage) business with his son, James. Jay Brewer also had the distinction of helping build the site of the first lunar space shuttle and helped with the completion of the first atomic bomb complex.
Jay was a member of the Robbins Masonic Lodge AF/AM for 50-plus years and a founding member of the Rock Hill Friends Church of Eagle Springs.
Mr. Brewer was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife; an infant son, Archie Willard Brewer; his brother, Lacy Wilford Brewer; sisters Virginia Brewer Smith and Bonnie Brewer Wood; and a stepmother, Mary Connell Brewer.
Mr. James Fulton "Jay" Brewer loved and adored his family. He is survived by his son, James Wilford Brewer, of Eagle Springs; and his daughter, Ann Brewer Eldridge and husband, John M. Eldridge III, of Broadway. His grandchildren are Laura Brewer Clark, of Eagle Springs, Stephen Cockman, of Wilmington, John M. Eldridge IV, and Matthew Eldridge, of Broadway. Additionally, Mr. Brewer is survived by his great-grandchildren, John M. Eldridge V and Hunter James Eldridge, of Broadway.
He will be loved and remembered by those who knew him.
The family will be receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, at Kennedy Funeral Home in Robbins.
Funeral services will be held at Brown's Chapel Christian Church, Thursday, July 1, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Clarence Garner will be conducting services. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Jay Brewer was born Nov. 22, 1918, in Moore County, the second son of Doctor Franklin Brewer and Bertie Alma Williams Brewer.
When Jay was about 15 months old, his mother died during an influenza epidemic. This left Jay and his older brother Lacy motherless. After their mother's death, the two young boys were raised by their maternal grandparents, James Madison Williams and Rebecca (Jim and Becky) Williams, of Eagle Springs. Jay and Lacy also spent their early formative years with their Aunt Blanche and Uncle Lucas Williams, of Eagle Springs.
As an adult Jay Brewer married Miss Bessie Furr in 1941. They made a home in Eagle Springs and reared two children, James and Ann.
Mr. Brewer was a professional welder, construction supervisor, and ran a successful salvage (B&B Salvage) business with his son, James. Jay Brewer also had the distinction of helping build the site of the first lunar space shuttle and helped with the completion of the first atomic bomb complex.
Jay was a member of the Robbins Masonic Lodge AF/AM for 50-plus years and a founding member of the Rock Hill Friends Church of Eagle Springs.
Mr. Brewer was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife; an infant son, Archie Willard Brewer; his brother, Lacy Wilford Brewer; sisters Virginia Brewer Smith and Bonnie Brewer Wood; and a stepmother, Mary Connell Brewer.
Mr. James Fulton "Jay" Brewer loved and adored his family. He is survived by his son, James Wilford Brewer, of Eagle Springs; and his daughter, Ann Brewer Eldridge and husband, John M. Eldridge III, of Broadway. His grandchildren are Laura Brewer Clark, of Eagle Springs, Stephen Cockman, of Wilmington, John M. Eldridge IV, and Matthew Eldridge, of Broadway. Additionally, Mr. Brewer is survived by his great-grandchildren, John M. Eldridge V and Hunter James Eldridge, of Broadway.
He will be loved and remembered by those who knew him.
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