DEXTER -- Sarah Velma Brewer, 86, of Dexter, died Tuesday, April 12, 1994, at Dexter Memorial Hospital.
She was born in Penhook, Tenn., daughter of Peter Lee and Nellie Gillis Frost. She and Edd Brewer were married Feb. 20, 1923. He died May 29, 1964.
Brewer had lived here 23 years. She was a member of Freewill Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Charles Brewer of Kilgore, Texas; two daughters, Irene Boshears of Dexter, Myrtle Carrington of Morehouse; 17 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild.
Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter after 6 p.m. today.
Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the chapel, with the Rev. Clifford Wray officiating. Burial will be in Cromwell Crossroads Cemetery near Collinwood, Tenn.
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