Gloria Francis Brewer

(A LIFE WELL SPENT) GLORIA FRANCIS HARRIS BREWER, WAS BORN MAY 15,1936,TO THE LATE LEMUEL HARRIS AND GEORGIA GAINES HARRIS BROWN AND STEP-DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN W. BROWN,SR. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND JOHN H. BREWER,SR. ON OCTOBER 9,2014 AND TWO BROTHERS,JOHN W. BROWN,JR. AND CARROLL BROWN,SR. AND A NEPHEW,CARROLL BROWN,JR. GLORIA JOINED THE GETHSEMANE BAPTIST CHURCH IN KING WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA. DURING HER YOUTH AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DEDICATED AND FAITHFUL MEMBER. SHE WAS A DEACONESS, A MEMBER OF THE FOOD SERVICE MINISTRY AND A MEMBER OF THE USHER’S MINISTRY, WHERE SHE SERVED AS SECRETARY. SHE WAS SOFT SPOKEN AND WELL LIKED. HER ONE WISH OVER THE YEARS WAS FOR SOMEONE TO SPONSOR THE PROGRAM, “THE TRIMMING OF THE LORD’S EVERGREEN TREE”. THE PROGRAM WAS PRESENTED ON OCTOBER 19, 2014. EVEN THOU SHE COULD NOT ATTEND, HER WISH WAS GRANTED BY THE MISSIONARIES AND HER SOUL WAS SATISFIED. SHE GRADUATED FROM ARMSTRONG HIGH SCHOOL IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA AND ATTENDED VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE (NOW UNIVERSITY) IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA AND RETIEED FROM F.W. WOLLWORTH’S FIVE AND DIME STORE IN RICHMIOND, VIRGINIA. HER PASTIME ACTIVITIES INCLUDED, LISTENING TO GOSPEL MUSIC, TAKING TRIPS AND BEING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE WAS DUBBED A MEMBER OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS. THEY USUALLY RODE TO CHURCH TOGETHER, ATE PIG FEET AND FRIEND CHICKEN AND SHE JUST LOVED THOSE ONION RINGS FROM HARDEE’S. THEY ALSO LOVED THE GAME OF POKENO. THE OTHERS OF THE TRIO ARE JOYCE WATSON AND SHIRLEY ROANE. THOSE GLORIA LEAVE TO REFLECT ON AND CHERISH HER MEMORIES ARE: TWO SISTERS, ALEATHA B. SMITH OF RICHMOND, VA. AND ELNORA M. FITGERALD(LORENZO) OF WASHINGTON,DC; A STEPSON,JOHN H. BREWER,JR.(CYNTHIA)OF RICHMOND,VA;THREE STEP-GRANDCHILDREN,JOHN H. III,ASHLEY AND JOSHUA;ONE NIECE,LAFON TUCK(HANNIBAL),FOUR GREAT-NIECES,NAKIA SMTH,AYREN BROWN,SYDNEY BROWN AND NYLA BROWN;THREE NEPHEWS,JULIUS SMITH,III(ROSA),DERRICK BROWN(DANA) AND ANTONIO SMITH;ONE SISTER-IN-LAW,GERTRUDE BROWN OF RICHMOND,VA;AND A HOST OF COUSINS OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS,THREE DEVOTED:LEROY M. LEWIS,LENORA EDMONDS AND PEARL HOPEWELL,ALL OF RICHMOND,VIRGINIA.

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Gloria Francis Brewer

May 15, 1936 - November 8, 2014