Obit of Brewer, Lera Belle Shirley (b660) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 18 Oct 2000 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Brewer, Shirley Lera Belle Brewer was born on Dec. 16, 1895 in Missouri and passed away on January 12, 1989 in the Grand Place Nursing Ceneter in Sayre, OK, at the age of 94 years and 27 days. Lera, the daughter of John William and Mattie Lou Shirley, came with her parents to the Berlin community in 1907. On Oct. 11, 1919 she married William Frank Brewer in Cheyenne, OK and they lived in several Oklahoma communities while Frank taught school. After his retirement they moved from the farm in Berlin to Elk City in 1964. In Oct. of 1985 she moved to Grand Place Nursing Center. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Elk City for a number of years. Lera was preceeded in death by her parents, husband, 1 brother and a sister. She is survived by: a daughter, Mattie Bess Brewer of Sayre, OK; 3 nieces, Velma Shirley of Sayre, OK, Dorothy clemer of Whitier, CA, Marjorie Wells of Salem, OR; a sister-in-law, Jo Shirley of whitier, CA; several great nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral service was Firday, Jan. 13, 1989 at 2:30 p.m. at the Berlin Methodist Church with Frank Mitchel officiating. Burial was in the Berlin Cemetery, Berlin, Roger Mills County, OK under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Sayre -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html