The Longview Daily News, Weds., March 6, 1940:

Clarence Lawrence BREWER died at his home on the Longview-Gladewater hwy at 3 AM on Wednesday. He was 56.

Mr. Brewer was a merchant and had been a resident of Gregg county for the last 6 
years. He was born in Lawrence, Kansas.

Funeral services will be held at 10 AM on Thursday from the Rains and Tally funeral 
home. Rev. Floyd A. Decker of the Church of Christ in Gladewater will be in charge. 
Burial will be in Rosedale cemetery in Gladewater.

Mr. Brewer is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Maude Brewer; 5 sons, Hubert, 
Markey and Allen, all of Gladewater; Merle of Minden, Louisiana, and Max of Flora, 
Ill.; a daughter Mrs. Dolores Davis of Gladewater, and two brothers, Floyd Brewer 
of Provo, Utah, and Leo Brewer of Kilgore.