Mrs. Elizabeth Amberzine Brown Brewer, age 96, passed away Monday, May 27, 2024, in Mena, Arkansas. She was born November 17, 1927, in Polk County, Arkansas, to the late Ala Edwin and Ellamae (Morrison) Brown.
Betty loved the Lord, and with her husband, had three children, adopted three children and helped 510 foster children through the state of Texas and the state of Arkansas. She always believed there was room for one more.
She sang and played piano for every church she attended over the years, right up until her health required full-time care. Many Saturday nights were spent at various churches enjoying the singings and sharing her talents with them. She had never particularly liked animals, but in her later life came to care for them and loved her Momma Cat dearly. While she had other jobs, her most fulfilling was as a social worker for the State of Arkansas helping even more kids on their journey to adulthood … it was her passion and her life’s mission.
Mrs. Brewer is preceded in death by her father, Ala Edwin Brown; mother, Ellamae (Morrison) Brown; her husband, S.I. Brewer; sons, Jimmy Brewer and Sammy Brewer; son of the heart, Ronnie Peel; brothers, James Earl Wheat, James Elwood Wheat, Alfred “Buddy” Brown, Lonnie C. Brown, and Ala Edwin Brown Jr.; and by her sisters, Dorothy Brown Davis and Ellamae Greene.
She is survived by her daughters, Mary Murphy, Suzanna Savoie, Patty Taylor, and Michelle Beaty; grandchildren, Amy Fisher, Tammy Duckworth, Ashley Richards, John Head Jr., Shannell Fairless, Mikale McBroom, and Jeffery Moss; great-grandchildren, Cody Williams, Chloe Fisher, Jaylee Fisher, Ezra Richards, Franceska Richards, Bentley Head, and Paxton Head; great-great-grandchildren, Kylee, Boston, and Asher Williams; sisters, Sally Gentry of Mena, Arkansas, Connie Johnson of Mena, Arkansas, and Judy Stokes of Beech Island, South Carolina.
Services for Mrs. Elizabeth Amberzine Brown Brewer will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 8, 2024, at the Beasley-Wood Chapel in Mena, Arkansas. Brother Troy McBroom will be officiating under the direction of Beasley-Wood Funeral Home. Interment will follow at the Six Mile Cemetery in Hatfield, Arkansas.
Pallbearers will be Keith Fisher, Donnie Byrum, Walter Taylor, Ala Brown, Mikale McBroom, and Jimmy Tompkins.
Online obituary can be found at www.beasleywoodfuneralhome.com
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