Published in The Paducah Sun, Paducah, McCracken Co., Ky., 20 Dec 2013 - McKINNEY, Texas - Dorothy "Marcella" Hayden Brewer, formerly of Paducah, died at her home in McKinney, TX, Friday, December 13, 2013. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Marcella was born September 9, 1926 in St. John, KY, and married her husband August 14, 1944. Mrs. Brewer was a homemaker, traveler, quilter and a long-time member of St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church in Paducah and St. Jude in Allen, Texas.
Marcella was a 9th generation American, descending from Catholic colonist and pioneer Francis Heydon who emigrated from Watford, England thru Jamestown, VA, about 1650. Francis and his wife, Thomasine Butler, acquired land grants and moved to Maryland in 1681. Their great-grandson, William, moved to what is now Holy Cross, KY, in 1785. William's wife, Elizabeth Thompson was killed by Native Americans on the Rolling Fork river before reaching Holy Cross. William's son, Thomas, moved his family to Hickman County after 1800. Marcella's grandfather, Thomas Ambrose, served in the Confederacy. Her parents, George and Mary, were farmers and moved from St. John to the Nine Pines 2-story house on Husband Road after the 1937 flood.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Leon Brewer; her parents, George Martin and Mary Blanche Gibson Hayden; 2 brothers, James Ambrose and William Dennis Hayden; and 4 sisters, Anna Rose Balkey, Gladys Pauline Traves, Ida Catherine Hines and Mary Jeanette Hines.
Marcella was born September 9, 1926 in St. John, KY, and married her husband August 14, 1944. Mrs. Brewer was a homemaker, traveler, quilter and a long-time member of St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church in Paducah and St. Jude in Allen, Texas.
Marcella was a 9th generation American, descending from Catholic colonist and pioneer Francis Heydon who emigrated from Watford, England thru Jamestown, VA, about 1650. Francis and his wife, Thomasine Butler, acquired land grants and moved to Maryland in 1681. Their great-grandson, William, moved to what is now Holy Cross, KY, in 1785. William's wife, Elizabeth Thompson was killed by Native Americans on the Rolling Fork river before reaching Holy Cross. William's son, Thomas, moved his family to Hickman County after 1800. Marcella's grandfather, Thomas Ambrose, served in the Confederacy. Her parents, George and Mary, were farmers and moved from St. John to the Nine Pines 2-story house on Husband Road after the 1937 flood.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Leon Brewer; her parents, George Martin and Mary Blanche Gibson Hayden; 2 brothers, James Ambrose and William Dennis Hayden; and 4 sisters, Anna Rose Balkey, Gladys Pauline Traves, Ida Catherine Hines and Mary Jeanette Hines.
Published in The Paducah Sun, Paducah, McCracken Co., Ky., 20 Dec 2013 - McKINNEY, Texas - Dorothy "Marcella" Hayden Brewer, formerly of Paducah, died at her home in McKinney, TX, Friday, December 13, 2013. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Marcella was born September 9, 1926 in St. John, KY, and married her husband August 14, 1944. Mrs. Brewer was a homemaker, traveler, quilter and a long-time member of St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church in Paducah and St. Jude in Allen, Texas.
Marcella was a 9th generation American, descending from Catholic colonist and pioneer Francis Heydon who emigrated from Watford, England thru Jamestown, VA, about 1650. Francis and his wife, Thomasine Butler, acquired land grants and moved to Maryland in 1681. Their great-grandson, William, moved to what is now Holy Cross, KY, in 1785. William's wife, Elizabeth Thompson was killed by Native Americans on the Rolling Fork river before reaching Holy Cross. William's son, Thomas, moved his family to Hickman County after 1800. Marcella's grandfather, Thomas Ambrose, served in the Confederacy. Her parents, George and Mary, were farmers and moved from St. John to the Nine Pines 2-story house on Husband Road after the 1937 flood.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Leon Brewer; her parents, George Martin and Mary Blanche Gibson Hayden; 2 brothers, James Ambrose and William Dennis Hayden; and 4 sisters, Anna Rose Balkey, Gladys Pauline Traves, Ida Catherine Hines and Mary Jeanette Hines.
Marcella was born September 9, 1926 in St. John, KY, and married her husband August 14, 1944. Mrs. Brewer was a homemaker, traveler, quilter and a long-time member of St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church in Paducah and St. Jude in Allen, Texas.
Marcella was a 9th generation American, descending from Catholic colonist and pioneer Francis Heydon who emigrated from Watford, England thru Jamestown, VA, about 1650. Francis and his wife, Thomasine Butler, acquired land grants and moved to Maryland in 1681. Their great-grandson, William, moved to what is now Holy Cross, KY, in 1785. William's wife, Elizabeth Thompson was killed by Native Americans on the Rolling Fork river before reaching Holy Cross. William's son, Thomas, moved his family to Hickman County after 1800. Marcella's grandfather, Thomas Ambrose, served in the Confederacy. Her parents, George and Mary, were farmers and moved from St. John to the Nine Pines 2-story house on Husband Road after the 1937 flood.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Leon Brewer; her parents, George Martin and Mary Blanche Gibson Hayden; 2 brothers, James Ambrose and William Dennis Hayden; and 4 sisters, Anna Rose Balkey, Gladys Pauline Traves, Ida Catherine Hines and Mary Jeanette Hines.
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