Van Brewer married Gladys Emily Shearer on 21 August 1921 in Halliday, Greene County, Arkansas. Van and Gladys had six children: Orlando Jeaneice Brewer, Thomas Van Brewer, Chester Ray Brewer, Clair Arlen 'Shay' Brewer, Flossie Emily Brewer Weaver, and Charlene LaVerne Brewer Parker. After his wife, Gladys died, Van eventually remarried to Vashti Hass in 1964 in Greene County, Arkansas. Van served in the Army during WWI. He was a member of New Friendship Baptist Church. Van enjoyed trading jack knives, where he sat on a bench with his cronies every Saturday morning, and traded. He had quite the collection. He smoked a pipe with Prince Albert in a can, but unfortunately died of lung cancer. When he lit up his pipe, his grandchildren would fight over who was going to blow out the match!
Van Brewer married Gladys Emily Shearer on 21 August 1921 in Halliday, Greene County, Arkansas. Van and Gladys had six children: Orlando Jeaneice Brewer, Thomas Van Brewer, Chester Ray Brewer, Clair Arlen 'Shay' Brewer, Flossie Emily Brewer Weaver, and Charlene LaVerne Brewer Parker. After his wife, Gladys died, Van eventually remarried to Vashti Hass in 1964 in Greene County, Arkansas. Van served in the Army during WWI. He was a member of New Friendship Baptist Church. Van enjoyed trading jack knives, where he sat on a bench with his cronies every Saturday morning, and traded. He had quite the collection. He smoked a pipe with Prince Albert in a can, but unfortunately died of lung cancer. When he lit up his pipe, his grandchildren would fight over who was going to blow out the match!
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