Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brewer, Mary A. Turner, 1939 

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MARY ANNA TURNER BREWER 

Hold Funeral For Former City Matron 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Brewer, age 76, who died March 30 at the 
home of her daughter, Mrs. G.W. Jenkins, 907 Vance St., were held at the home 
Saturday afternoon conducted by Rev. F.W. Haynie.  Mrs. Brewer passed away 
after an illness of three weeks.  Interment was made at Mt. Hope [sic; Horeb] 
Church Cemetery, Franklin, Va. 

  Mrs. Brewer was a resident of this city eleven years and is survived by 
seven children, Mrs. G.W. Jenkins, Z.T. Brewer, Harvey Brewer, Roanoke Rapids, 
Mrs. R.G. Laine, Petersburg, Mrs. Bennie Story, Suffolk, Mrs. Jim Griffin and 
Mrs. Herman Story, Franklin; also twenty-eight grandchildren and five great 
grandchildren survive.  A large number of relatives and friends of this city 
attended the funeral. 

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HANDSOM NEWS AND SOCIAL PARAGRAPHS 
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Mrs. Anna May [sic; Mary Anna] Brewer 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Anna May Brewer, age 76, whose death occurred 
March 31 [sic], at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alice Jenkins, of Roanoke 
Rapids, were conducted at the grave at Mt. Horeb M.E. Church on Saturday, 
April 1, by the Rev. Mr. Price of Roanoke Rapids and Rev. C.F. Moseley. 
There was a large attendance and many lovely floral offerings.  The casket 
was covered with a cluster of pink carnations, Easter lilies and fern. 

  She is survived by two sons, Z.T. and J.H. Brewer of Roanoke Rapids; five 
daughters, Mrs. Virgie Lane [sic; Laine] of Petersburg, Mrs. Nellie Lee 
Griffin and Mrs. Lizzie Story of Handsom, Mrs. Alice Jenkins of Roanoke 
Rapids, N.C., and Mrs. Essie Story of Cypress Chapel; a number of nieces and 
nephews; 27 grandchildren.  Granddaughters of the deceased were flower 
bearers.  During the services "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and "Sweet Hour 
of Prayer" was sung. 


Mary Ann (TURNER; Mrs. Junius Taylor) BREWER, 
b. 9 May 1861, Southampton Co., d. 30 Mar 1939, Roanoke Rapids, Halifax Co., NC, 
interred in Mount Horeb Methodist Church Cemetery (unmarked*), 1 Apr 1939, 
donated obit, publication unknown, Thurs., Apr. 6, 1939, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #232559022, 
   by Robin Rountree-Key; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 34, No. 28, Fri., Apr. 14, 1939, p. 9 

*Additional information: 

Mary & Junius (1852 - 1928) added to the Mt. Horeb list. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (MV-II-8): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

Photos of Mary Ann - added by Glenn Ellis & Robin Rountree-Key - 
   are also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #232559022.  [no grave photo] 

Southampton Co. B.Reg. #163 

Her father Goodwin/Goodwyn A. TURNER served in the US Navy in 1857. 
   A Confederate soldier, he served as a private in Co. G, 61st VA Infantry 
   and died of disease in 1863. 


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