Jake E. Brewer, Jr., 86, of Fitzgerald, Georgia died Wednesday, December 17, at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald.
Funeral services will be held 11 A.M., Saturday, December 20 at the Paulk Funeral home Chapel in Fitzgerald with Rev. Steve O’Neal and Rev. Godfrey O’Rear officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening from 7 until 9 P.M.
Mr. Brewer was born February 27, 1922 in Fitzgerald, GA to the late Jake E. and Esther Osborne Brewer. A graduate of Fitzgerald High School, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was owner and operator of Jake Brewer Floor Covering. Mr. Brewer was a member of First Presbyterian Church. He was an avid pigeon racer and was a member of the Fitzgerald Racing Pigeon Club.
He is survived by wife, Lois M. Brewer of Fitzgerald; 3 daughters, Mary B. (David) Hansard of Dover, TN, Beth (Cannon) Gould of St. Simons Island, GA and Lynn (Mike) Simpson of Fitzgerald; a brother, Lyman (Margie) Brewer of Fitzgerald; 9 Grandchildren and 12 Great-Grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Laurel B. Creech and sister, Laurie Lee McNease.