OBITUARY: Brewer, Hobert Lee "Curly" - Sunday, February 25, 2001
Middletown Journal - February 27, 2001

Submitted by: vivianmoon@juno.com
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Hobert L. Brewer
    TRENTON -- Hobert Lee "Curly" Brewer, 77, of Trenton, Ohio, passed 
away on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2001.
    He was born on May 28, 1923, in Wolfe County, Ky., the son of John 
Brewer and Oma (Wyatt) Brewer. Mr. Brewer was a veteran of World War 
II. He served with the 101st Airborne Division in battles and campaigns 
in Normandy and Northern France and in the air offensive in Europe. He 
was the recipient of numerous campaign ribbons and three Bronze Stars.
    He retired from Armco Steel Co. in 1983 after 36 years of service.
    Mr. Brewer was a born-again child of God, attending the Yankee Road 
First Church of God.
    He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Alma (Cox) Brewer; seven 
children, Gary and Teresa Brewer of Middletown, Phyllis and Bo Osborne of 
Franklin, Darrell and JoAnna Brewer of Goodspring, Tenn., Charles 
Brewer of Trenton, Wallace and Karen Brewer of Somerville, Ohio, Sandra and 
Michael Calhoun of Troy, Ohio, and Willie and Liz Brewer of Goshen, Ind.; 
26 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; a sister, Anna Brewer 
of Middletown; and numerous nieces and nephews.
    He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Gertrude Combs; 
and two brothers, Courtney and Eugene Brewer.
    ARRANGEMENTS: Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at 
Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home in Middletown, with the Rev. S. Kevin 
Collins officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at 
the funeral home. Military honors will be conducted at the cemetery by 
the honor guard of American Legion Post 218.
    MEMORIALS: Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart 
Association, Hospice of Middletown or the Yankee Road First Church of 
God.

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