Christine Brewer

CHRISTINE BREWER

Sharon Christine Crowe Brewer, age 90, of Columbus, MS , passed away September 10, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Graveside services will be Sunday, September 13, 2020, at 2:30 PM at Rowan Cemetery with Rev. Byron Benson officiating.  Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory 903 College St. location is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Brewer was born October 23, 1929, in Fayette, AL, to the late Walter Furman and Amy Harkins Crowe, the family moved to Columbus when Christine was 12 years old.  Mrs. Brewer has been a member of East End Baptist Church since 1944.  She was very involved in her church through the years serving in many areas of leadership.  She loved music and sang in the Sanctuary Choir beginning in her late teens.  She also sang with the Sunshine Singers which ministered to nursing homes.  She was employed by East End as the church secretary and ministry assistant for 37 years, retiring in 2004.

She was the oldest of 7 children and was called “Head Sister” by her siblings.  Since all 7 families lived in this area, she helped plan family gatherings and kept everyone informed of family news.  She was called “Nana” by her grandchildren and great grandchildren.  She was dearly loved by all the family and her beloved late husband, Robert “Bobby” Brewer, who died in December, 2014.  In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her 12 year old son, Robert Michael Brewer, brothers, Dennis and Jerry Crowe, and sisters, Pat Belcher and Charlotte Burks.

Survivors include her daughter, Vicki Davis and her husband Bill of Caledonia, MS, grandson, Troy Davis of Columbus, MS, and great granddaughter, Avery Davis, granddaughter, Cassidi Nickles and her husband Jason of Columbus, MS, and great grandson, Rushton Nickles, brothers, Buford Crowe and his wife Betty, and Woody Crowe and his wife Brenda, and sister-in-law, Earline Crowe.

Pallbearers will be Troy Davis, Jason Nickles, Woody Crowe, and Rushton Nickles.

Memorials may be made to East End Baptist Church, P.O. Box 8480, Columbus, MS, 39705 , or Columbus Lowndes Humane Society, P.O. Box 85, Columbus, MS, 39703 .