Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brewer, Mary E. Whitmore, 1922 

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MARY EUGENIA WHITMORE BREWER 

LIGHTNING BOLT KILLS WOMAN AT DENDRON 

MRS. E.W. [sic*] BREWER LOSES LIFE IN TERRIFIC ELECTRICAL STORM 
       [Special to The Times-Dispatch] 

  SUFFOLK, VA. - July 1 - In a terrific electrical storm, which hit Dendron, 
Va., this afternoon about 2:30 o’clock, Mrs. E.W. Brewer, a young matron of 
that community, was struck by a bolt of lightning and instantly killed.  Mrs. 
Brewer was standing in the pantry of her home when the bolt hit the house. 
She is survived by her husband, two small children and several brothers and 
sisters, Joseph Whitmore of Suffolk; Everett Whitmore and Miss Iris Whitmore, 
Mrs. Slade and Mrs. J.A. Conway, all of Dendron, are her relatives.  No other 
member of the family was hurt when lightning struck the house, and the young 
woman herself had only one small scar upon her head.

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MARY EUGENIA WHITMORE BREWER 

LIGHTNING KILLS WOMAN 

  Claremont, Va., July 3 - Mrs. E.W. Brewer, of Dendron, Surry County, was 
struck by lightning and instantly killed Saturday afternoon in the electrical 
storm which raged in this section of the state.  No other member of the family 
was hurt when the bolt struck her home.  Mrs. Brewer was standing in the 
pantry of her home when she was killed.  Besides her husband two small 
children, she is survived by several sisters and brothers. Miss Iris Whitmore, 
Mrs. Slade and Mrs. J.A. Conway of Dendron, and Joseph Whitmore, of Suffolk, 
are her relatives.


Mary Eugenia (WHITMORE; Mrs. Luther Milton Sr.) BREWER, 
b. 28 Sep 1894*, Spring Grove, struck by lightning 1 Jul 1922, at home, Dendron, 
interred in Union Christian Church Cemetery*, 2 Jul 1922, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," July 2, 1922, p. 1, col. 8; 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Additional information: 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 16833 (Dendron #28). 

Her gravestone shows b. 28 Sep 1895.  (Find a Grave Mem. #52429409) 

Her parents, Thomas Jackson & Minnie Estelle (FAISON) WHITMORE, and 
   grandparents are also buried there. 

Her husband remarried; he is buried in Rosewood Memorial Park, Virginia Beach.  

His obits ("Virginian-Pilot," Apr. 9-12, 1957) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b660l1ob.txt 


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