Gerald D. Brewer, age 92 of Malvern, died Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Encore Health and Rehab. He was born in Winnsboro, Texas on October 29, 1924 to the late Edgar Bascum Brewer and Vela Ferguson Brewer. Reared and educated in Winnsboro, he worked for Texas Eastern Transmission in the products/pipeline division, retiring in 1985 after 38 years with the company. Prior to moving to Malvern in 1986, he had lived in El Dorado, Arkansas for 26 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Malvern, and attended the Saltzman Sunday School Class. Mr. Brewer had been a deacon in Baptist churches for over 60 years.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Knight Brewer, of Malvern, to whom he was married on August 16, 1947 in Winnsboro; by a son, Dr. David Brewer and his wife, Susan of Hot Springs; a daughter, Susan Morse and her husband Jeter of Springdale, Arkansas; a sister, Peggy Smith of Winnsboro, Texas; six grandchildren, Brian, Stephen, and Kevin Brewer; Leigh Anne Davis, Kathryn Miller, and Karyn Jentzsch; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Mr. Brewer was also preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.

A visitation will be held on Tuesday evening, January 3, 2017 from six until eight o'clock at J. A. Funk Funeral Home.

His funeral will be eleven o'clock Wednesday morning, January 4, 2017 in the funeral home chapel with Reverend Scott Davis officiating. Interment will be on Thursday morning at eleven o'clock, January 5, 2017 in the Lee Cemetery, Winnsboro, Texas.

Online condolences may be sent via jafunkfuneralhome.com.