Mrs. Mary Helen Brewer Obituary (1927

Mrs. Mary Helen Brewer, 96, passed away on August 1, 2024, at Trinity Independent Living Center in Columbus. Mrs. Mary Helen was born on October 31, 1927, in the Abbott Community of Clay County, to the late Lemuel and Alta Frances Garner Blankenship. She was a 1947 graduate of West Point High School. She worked as a Deputy Tax Collector and Clerk for Clay County for a number of years. She enjoyed traveling in their "air stream" travel trailer and fishing at their farm. She thoroughly enjoyed reading and studying her Bible. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend and she was loved by many. She married Edgar Prentice Brewer, Jr. on May 14, 1950, in West Point and he predeceased her on June 30, 2012. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church in Columbus. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Lisa Brewer Eaves, and her sister, Frances Phelps. Visitation will be Monday, August 5, 2024, from 12:00-1:45 P.M. at Calvert Funeral Home in West Point. Graveside services will follow at 2:00 P.M. from Greenwood Cemetery in West Point with Brother Tommy Gillon officiating and assisted by Reverend Sammy Crawford. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Survivors include her son, Prentice "Kip" Brewer (Rhonda) of Starkville: one son-in-law, Hank Eaves of Coker, Alabama: three grandchildren, Garrett Blue (Kay) of Columbus, Lacey Brewer of West Point, and Kahlen Nichols (Tanner) of Golden: one great-grandchild, Brewer Nichols of Golden, and a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Darren Phelps, Wayne Harpole, Steve Harpole, Belton Harpole, Tim Chaltry, and Chris Cooper. Honorary Pallbearers will be the members of the Fidelis Sunday School Class at Fairview Baptist Church, her many friends at Trinity Independent Living Center, Sherri Fowler, Bonnie Chaltry, Doris McClusky, and Rhonda Richardson. Memorials may be made to Hebron Christian School, 6230 Henryville Road, Pheba, Mississippi 39755. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com