REST IN PEACE.
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.....
COL US AIR FORCE...
Brewer, Harry Leigh
Distinguished in service to his country, devoted to his family, and dedicated to the betterment and comfort of those privileged to share his company, Col. Harry Leigh Brewer, 74, passed away Monday at his home in Hampton, Va.
His Southern roots apparent in the gentlemanly manner that was the hallmark of his life, he was born in Bethel Springs, Tenn., son of the late Daniel and Clara Brewer of Decatur.
He is survived by his wife and trusted co-pilot in life, Elisabeth, and his three devoted children, Lisa Brewer Bohnaker of Yorktown, Va., Laura Leigh Brewer of Dallas, Texas, and Charles Brewer and wife, Sandi, of Hampton, Va. He is also survived by his siblings, brothers, former Governor Albert P. Brewer and family of Birmingham and Joe Brewer and family of Florence and his sister, Mrs. Betty Rodgers and family of Decatur. He has three grandchildren whom he adored and with whom he shared his youthful spirit and love of sailing, James Phillip and Lacey Charles Bohnaker of Yorktown, Va., and Chase Austin Brewer of Hampton, Va.
His youth was marked by spiritual participation in the family church, First Baptist Church of Decatur, and later, as a standout quarterback where he and brother Joe, each "one of Coach Ogle's Boys," led Decatur High School to three consecutive undefeated seasons.
In 1949, while on a football scholarship to Washington and Lee University, he led the Generals to the 1951 Gator Bowl where he was starting quarterback. Accepting a call to serve his country, in 1953 he joined the United States Air Force where he was a distinguished pilot flying both fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. His call sign "Boomer," and his favorite aircraft the F-86, his love of flying led him to later attend Auburn University where he received his aeronautical engineering degree.
During a military career spanning over 30 years, he shared a love for his country with his family who traveled extensively with him throughout the world. In post flight years, he specialized in military operations and logistics, retiring in 1983 while stationed at Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base Va. Subtle and understated, his military decorations and citations, including most notably, the Legion of Merit, Air Medal with Nine Oak Leaf Clusters, Meritorious Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Vietnam Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, were neither revered nor referenced, many of which were known only recently to his children.
In 1984, he joined Northrop Grumman Corp., serving as liaison to the United States Air Force in the development and launch of the B-2 Stealth Bomber Program. He retired from Northrop Grumman in 2004, and until recently, remained affiliated as a consultant on matters of national air defense.
Col. Brewer was a member of his beloved Hampton Yacht Club, where he spent many years sailing in regattas with his wife and children, and where he helped pass on his love for the sport to his grandchildren.
A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 10, 2006, at Langley Air Force Base Main Chapel after which the family will receive friends. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on March 29, 2006, at Arlington National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that expressions of sympathy be sent to Riverside Hospice, 12420 Warwick Boulevard, Suite 7D, Newport News, VA 23606.
With military precision, with the grace, beauty, subtlety and reliability of the Stealth, with the integrity and respect of a white-gloved salute, and with the wind at his back and his sails full, this officer and gentleman sought perfection in the execution of his primary chosen duty, that of husband, father and grandfather.
Dad, mission accomplished.
Published in the Decatur Daily on 3/9/2006.
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.....
COL US AIR FORCE...
Brewer, Harry Leigh
Distinguished in service to his country, devoted to his family, and dedicated to the betterment and comfort of those privileged to share his company, Col. Harry Leigh Brewer, 74, passed away Monday at his home in Hampton, Va.
His Southern roots apparent in the gentlemanly manner that was the hallmark of his life, he was born in Bethel Springs, Tenn., son of the late Daniel and Clara Brewer of Decatur.
He is survived by his wife and trusted co-pilot in life, Elisabeth, and his three devoted children, Lisa Brewer Bohnaker of Yorktown, Va., Laura Leigh Brewer of Dallas, Texas, and Charles Brewer and wife, Sandi, of Hampton, Va. He is also survived by his siblings, brothers, former Governor Albert P. Brewer and family of Birmingham and Joe Brewer and family of Florence and his sister, Mrs. Betty Rodgers and family of Decatur. He has three grandchildren whom he adored and with whom he shared his youthful spirit and love of sailing, James Phillip and Lacey Charles Bohnaker of Yorktown, Va., and Chase Austin Brewer of Hampton, Va.
His youth was marked by spiritual participation in the family church, First Baptist Church of Decatur, and later, as a standout quarterback where he and brother Joe, each "one of Coach Ogle's Boys," led Decatur High School to three consecutive undefeated seasons.
In 1949, while on a football scholarship to Washington and Lee University, he led the Generals to the 1951 Gator Bowl where he was starting quarterback. Accepting a call to serve his country, in 1953 he joined the United States Air Force where he was a distinguished pilot flying both fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. His call sign "Boomer," and his favorite aircraft the F-86, his love of flying led him to later attend Auburn University where he received his aeronautical engineering degree.
During a military career spanning over 30 years, he shared a love for his country with his family who traveled extensively with him throughout the world. In post flight years, he specialized in military operations and logistics, retiring in 1983 while stationed at Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base Va. Subtle and understated, his military decorations and citations, including most notably, the Legion of Merit, Air Medal with Nine Oak Leaf Clusters, Meritorious Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Vietnam Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, were neither revered nor referenced, many of which were known only recently to his children.
In 1984, he joined Northrop Grumman Corp., serving as liaison to the United States Air Force in the development and launch of the B-2 Stealth Bomber Program. He retired from Northrop Grumman in 2004, and until recently, remained affiliated as a consultant on matters of national air defense.
Col. Brewer was a member of his beloved Hampton Yacht Club, where he spent many years sailing in regattas with his wife and children, and where he helped pass on his love for the sport to his grandchildren.
A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 10, 2006, at Langley Air Force Base Main Chapel after which the family will receive friends. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on March 29, 2006, at Arlington National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that expressions of sympathy be sent to Riverside Hospice, 12420 Warwick Boulevard, Suite 7D, Newport News, VA 23606.
With military precision, with the grace, beauty, subtlety and reliability of the Stealth, with the integrity and respect of a white-gloved salute, and with the wind at his back and his sails full, this officer and gentleman sought perfection in the execution of his primary chosen duty, that of husband, father and grandfather.
Dad, mission accomplished.
Published in the Decatur Daily on 3/9/2006.
REST IN PEACE.
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.....
COL US AIR FORCE...
Brewer, Harry Leigh
Distinguished in service to his country, devoted to his family, and dedicated to the betterment and comfort of those privileged to share his company, Col. Harry Leigh Brewer, 74, passed away Monday at his home in Hampton, Va.
His Southern roots apparent in the gentlemanly manner that was the hallmark of his life, he was born in Bethel Springs, Tenn., son of the late Daniel and Clara Brewer of Decatur.
He is survived by his wife and trusted co-pilot in life, Elisabeth, and his three devoted children, Lisa Brewer Bohnaker of Yorktown, Va., Laura Leigh Brewer of Dallas, Texas, and Charles Brewer and wife, Sandi, of Hampton, Va. He is also survived by his siblings, brothers, former Governor Albert P. Brewer and family of Birmingham and Joe Brewer and family of Florence and his sister, Mrs. Betty Rodgers and family of Decatur. He has three grandchildren whom he adored and with whom he shared his youthful spirit and love of sailing, James Phillip and Lacey Charles Bohnaker of Yorktown, Va., and Chase Austin Brewer of Hampton, Va.
His youth was marked by spiritual participation in the family church, First Baptist Church of Decatur, and later, as a standout quarterback where he and brother Joe, each "one of Coach Ogle's Boys," led Decatur High School to three consecutive undefeated seasons.
In 1949, while on a football scholarship to Washington and Lee University, he led the Generals to the 1951 Gator Bowl where he was starting quarterback. Accepting a call to serve his country, in 1953 he joined the United States Air Force where he was a distinguished pilot flying both fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. His call sign "Boomer," and his favorite aircraft the F-86, his love of flying led him to later attend Auburn University where he received his aeronautical engineering degree.
During a military career spanning over 30 years, he shared a love for his country with his family who traveled extensively with him throughout the world. In post flight years, he specialized in military operations and logistics, retiring in 1983 while stationed at Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base Va. Subtle and understated, his military decorations and citations, including most notably, the Legion of Merit, Air Medal with Nine Oak Leaf Clusters, Meritorious Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Vietnam Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, were neither revered nor referenced, many of which were known only recently to his children.
In 1984, he joined Northrop Grumman Corp., serving as liaison to the United States Air Force in the development and launch of the B-2 Stealth Bomber Program. He retired from Northrop Grumman in 2004, and until recently, remained affiliated as a consultant on matters of national air defense.
Col. Brewer was a member of his beloved Hampton Yacht Club, where he spent many years sailing in regattas with his wife and children, and where he helped pass on his love for the sport to his grandchildren.
A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 10, 2006, at Langley Air Force Base Main Chapel after which the family will receive friends. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on March 29, 2006, at Arlington National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that expressions of sympathy be sent to Riverside Hospice, 12420 Warwick Boulevard, Suite 7D, Newport News, VA 23606.
With military precision, with the grace, beauty, subtlety and reliability of the Stealth, with the integrity and respect of a white-gloved salute, and with the wind at his back and his sails full, this officer and gentleman sought perfection in the execution of his primary chosen duty, that of husband, father and grandfather.
Dad, mission accomplished.
Published in the Decatur Daily on 3/9/2006.
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.....
COL US AIR FORCE...
Brewer, Harry Leigh
Distinguished in service to his country, devoted to his family, and dedicated to the betterment and comfort of those privileged to share his company, Col. Harry Leigh Brewer, 74, passed away Monday at his home in Hampton, Va.
His Southern roots apparent in the gentlemanly manner that was the hallmark of his life, he was born in Bethel Springs, Tenn., son of the late Daniel and Clara Brewer of Decatur.
He is survived by his wife and trusted co-pilot in life, Elisabeth, and his three devoted children, Lisa Brewer Bohnaker of Yorktown, Va., Laura Leigh Brewer of Dallas, Texas, and Charles Brewer and wife, Sandi, of Hampton, Va. He is also survived by his siblings, brothers, former Governor Albert P. Brewer and family of Birmingham and Joe Brewer and family of Florence and his sister, Mrs. Betty Rodgers and family of Decatur. He has three grandchildren whom he adored and with whom he shared his youthful spirit and love of sailing, James Phillip and Lacey Charles Bohnaker of Yorktown, Va., and Chase Austin Brewer of Hampton, Va.
His youth was marked by spiritual participation in the family church, First Baptist Church of Decatur, and later, as a standout quarterback where he and brother Joe, each "one of Coach Ogle's Boys," led Decatur High School to three consecutive undefeated seasons.
In 1949, while on a football scholarship to Washington and Lee University, he led the Generals to the 1951 Gator Bowl where he was starting quarterback. Accepting a call to serve his country, in 1953 he joined the United States Air Force where he was a distinguished pilot flying both fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. His call sign "Boomer," and his favorite aircraft the F-86, his love of flying led him to later attend Auburn University where he received his aeronautical engineering degree.
During a military career spanning over 30 years, he shared a love for his country with his family who traveled extensively with him throughout the world. In post flight years, he specialized in military operations and logistics, retiring in 1983 while stationed at Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base Va. Subtle and understated, his military decorations and citations, including most notably, the Legion of Merit, Air Medal with Nine Oak Leaf Clusters, Meritorious Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Vietnam Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, were neither revered nor referenced, many of which were known only recently to his children.
In 1984, he joined Northrop Grumman Corp., serving as liaison to the United States Air Force in the development and launch of the B-2 Stealth Bomber Program. He retired from Northrop Grumman in 2004, and until recently, remained affiliated as a consultant on matters of national air defense.
Col. Brewer was a member of his beloved Hampton Yacht Club, where he spent many years sailing in regattas with his wife and children, and where he helped pass on his love for the sport to his grandchildren.
A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 10, 2006, at Langley Air Force Base Main Chapel after which the family will receive friends. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on March 29, 2006, at Arlington National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that expressions of sympathy be sent to Riverside Hospice, 12420 Warwick Boulevard, Suite 7D, Newport News, VA 23606.
With military precision, with the grace, beauty, subtlety and reliability of the Stealth, with the integrity and respect of a white-gloved salute, and with the wind at his back and his sails full, this officer and gentleman sought perfection in the execution of his primary chosen duty, that of husband, father and grandfather.
Dad, mission accomplished.
Published in the Decatur Daily on 3/9/2006.
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