Esther Mae Brewer

1929

Easter Mae Brewer was born on 14 Oct 1929 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA a child of Bennie B Brewer and Leila Mae Dawkins Brewer.

She died on 29 Nov 1929 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA at 414 Blanding Street. Easter Mae Brewer was buried on 30 Nov 1929 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Her cause of death was Whooping cough.

Funeral of Baby

Funeral services for Esther Mae Brewer, the six-year*-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Brewer, 414 Blanding street, who was found dead in the bed with her mother Friday morning, were held at 11 o’clock Saturday morning at Union Baptist church at Blaney, conducted by the Rev. E. H. Sperow, pastor of the First Congregational church of Columbia. Interment was in the churchyard. The child had been ill about two weeks but her death came very unexpectedly to her parents as her condition was not thought especially serious. She is survived by her mother, who was before marriage, Miss Lela Mae Dawkins of Columbia, her father, B. B. Brewer, and three sisters, Frances Brewer, Marguerite Brewer and Cleo Brewer.

*misprint in the newspaper, the child was 6 weeks old, confirmed by the death certificate.

December 1, 1929  
State (published as The State)  
Columbia, South Carolina
Page 6
“South Carolina, United States records,” images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DRP4-GF?view=explore : Dec 30, 2025), image 580 of 1702; South Carolina. Department of Archives and History.
Image Group Number: 004177668
Easter Mae Brewer
14 Oct 1929 – 29 Nov 1929 (aged 1 month)
Union Baptist Church Cemetery
Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA

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