Margaret Dunn Brewer

1944 - July 8, 2021

MRS. MARGARET VIRGINIA DUNN BREWER, age 77, of Cadwell, GA, died Thursday, July 8, 2021, at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin.

Obituary for Margaret Dunn Brewer

MRS. MARGARET VIRGINIA DUNN BREWER, age 77, of Cadwell, GA, died Thursday, July 8, 2021, at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin.

 Funeral services will be held at 3:00PM Sunday, July 11, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, with Rev. Greg Lowery and Rev. Wayne Poole officiating, with interment in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.

 Mrs. Brewer was born in Wrightsville, GA and grew up and worked hard on the farm in Chauncey. She was a 1962 graduate of Dodge County High School before working for the local canning plant and later Stuckey’s Candy Company. Margaret married Larry Clayton Brewer in 1967 and continued to work at Stuckey’s before becoming employed by the Laurens County School System in the late 1970s as a food service employee. She worked there for 10 years before transitioning to the Eastman Youth Development Center for the next 10 years, also in food service, retiring in 1998. After retiring she began keeping children in her home and was affectionately known as “Nanny” to her family and other children she helped raise. Mrs. Brewer enjoyed taking care of her family, tending her flowers, cooking, and gardening. She was a dedicated member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and served many years on the bereavement committee. She was a dedicated wife and a loving mother and grandmother and was the daughter of the late Virginia Dunagan Dunn and Lewis Dunn and was preceded in death by her siblings, Bobby Dunn, Gerald Dunn Sr. and Edna Dunn Giddens and a brother-in-law, James Brewer and a sister-in-law, Dale Dunn Gilbert.

 She is survived by her Husband of 54 years – Larry C. Brewer of Cadwell; Daughter – Tina Holt (Rodney) of Cadwell; Son – Clayton Brewer of Cadwell; 3 Grandchildren – Lynley Holt Kersey (Ty) of Cochran, Cassidy Holt and Rod Holt, both of Cadwell; Sister – Joyce Brewer of Cadwell; 2 Brothers – Donald Dunn, and Bruce Dunn (Dale) of Cadwell; Sister-in-law – Helen Horton Dunn of McRae; 2 Brothers-in-law – Buddy Brewer of Cadwell and George Giddens of Eastman; Several Nieces and Nephews; Numerous extended family members including Al Gilbert of Eastman.

 The family may be contacted at the Brewer residence, 1761 Mack Brewer Rd., Cadwell, and will receive friends in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church from 2:00PM-3:00PM Sunday, July 11.



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