William Domas “Bill” Brewer, 72, of Eagle Springs, passed away Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.
Burial will be private, at Pine Grove Baptist Church.
He was born Sept. 14, 1939, in Newport News, Va. He graduated from Newport News High School in 1957; the Norfolk College of William and Mary (now Old Dominion University) in 1962; and received an M.A. degree from the University of Virginia in 1968. He served four years in the United States Air Force, including 16 months in Vietnam. He retired from the Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, where he taught eighth-grade English for 22 years.
He retired to a farm in Moore County that goes back to a great-great-grandfather. Interested in the history of the county, and of his ancestors, he served for six years on the board of the Moore County Historical Association, and was active with the Friends of the Bryant House.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Aaron Domas Brewer and Foy Deaton Brewer, both originally from Moore County. He is survived by two sisters, Carol Johnson, of Eagle Springs, and Barbara Dowaliby, of Norfolk, Va.
Online condolences may be made at www.phillipsfh.com.
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