Saturday, February 08, 2014
The Party's Over: Frankie Brewer is 90 @ Tinney Chapel
It's all candle smoke and mirrors now that Frankie Brewer has celebrated her Big Nine-Oh birthday. Here are pix and a video from this historic event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZP5Eyvf9C0&feature=youtu.be
TINNEY TALK, 02-08-14
OBSERVATIONS BY
JOE DAN BOYD
TINNEY CHAPEL UMC
HONORS FRANKIE BREWER TODAY, who celebrates 90 years of life on this planet, in
this county and at the quintessential country church, located at 449 County
Road 4620, just two miles south of Winnsboro on FM 312, then another quarter
mile east on 4620 in the Family Life Center.
FRANKIE CAME TO
TINNEY CHAPEL during a long-ago, 1993, merger with Shady Grove UMC, and she hit the
ground running in that era. She has since served Tinney Chapel in just about
every capacity one can think of, but is perhaps best known for her tireless
leadership of a long-lasting Sunday School Class called The Wise Ones, which
became my own Sunday School Class when I returned here in 1997. There I
remained until I was called to lead another Tinney Chapel Sunday School Class,
then called Pairs and Spares.
FRANKIE CONTINUED
TO LEAD THE WISE ONES, sharing her own unique wisdom for many years, and I
don’t know how long she had been leading that Class when I returned to the Church
of my youth in 1997. Only recently did Frankie choose to dissolve that
venerable Class and merge with another Sunday School Class at Tinney Chapel,
where she remains one of the pillars who can always be counted on to join in or
occasionally lead discussions on this or that Scripture.
HER WORK WITH THE
TINNEY CHAPEL LADIES GROUP and memorable participation in a group called OASIS
(Older Adults Still In Service) stand out in recent memory. For several years,
she cared for her husband, Travis Brewer, a decorated World War II Veteran, who
was in declining health during his final years:Frankie’s love and devotion
never faltered.
FRANKIE IS THE
OLDEST OF THREE SISTERS, all of whom came with her to Tinney Chapel during the
merger with Shady Grove UMC. As the eldest, Frankie shared in the upbringing of
her two younger sisters, Mary and Imogene. Although Mary passed from this life
a few years ago, after many years of her own devoted service to Tinney Chapel,
Imogene still attends and serves regularly at the quintessential country
church.
HAPPY 90thBIRTHDAY, FRANKIE.
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