Beverly Hart BREMER

1931 - 2017

BREMER, Beverly Hart Beverly Hart Bremer, 85, Founder of Beverly Bremer Silver Shop died after a brief illness January 22, 2017 in Atlanta, Ga. She was surrounded by her three children. Born to George Sibley Hart and Margaret Hall Hart in Dallas, Texas, she was raised in Gray, Athens and Atlanta, Georgia. She attended Girls High and graduated in 1952 from The University of Georgia as a Home Economics major and a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Upon graduation, she returned to Atlanta and started her career at Rich's Department Store where she successfully created The Tall Girls Shop. She attributed her lifelong sales and marketing expertise to the years spent under the direction of Richard Rich. It was during early buying trips with her mentor, Shirley Warner, that her love for merchandising and marketing became a passion. In 1955, she married Carlton Henry Bremer, Jr. of Utica, NY. During her marriage she was an active volunteer, a member of both the Junior League and The High Museum of Art, and started her family. When her marriage ended with three children to raise on her own, she was motivated to begin her own business. Starting with her own set of silver in 1975 at the Atlanta Flea Market, she rented a booth and began using her sales and marketing training to buy and sell new and used silver and antiques. Her wedding silver sold quickly and she reinvested in more patterns and established a flatware matching service. She was such an astute business woman that when she relocated to her permanent address on Peachtree Road, that one set of silver had transformed into an inventory grand enough for a Brinks truck. A year into her new location adversity struck againthe shop burned to the ground. But even a fire could not slow Beverly Bremer down! She ran the business out of the basement of her home while she rebuilt the shop. For the next thirty-five years she grew to be one of the premiere dealers of new and used sterling silver in the United States. Beverly had an insatiable appetite for learning and adventure. She traveled the world and never met a stranger, often asking "What is your silver pattern? Let me buy you a drink". She will be remembered for her courage, tenacity, and willingness to offer her opinion and advice: solicited or not. She was a generous hostess and loved to throw a good party. She often said, "I'm not in the silver business; I'm in the entertainment business." She is survived by her daughters Beverly Welles Bremer, Margaret "Mimi" Bremer Woodruff (Gerry), and her son Carlton Henry "Hank" Bremer, III (Kathy), her brother George Sibley Hart, Jr. (Penny), her four grandchildren Taylor Hart Bremer, Hunter Welles Bremer, Margaret Grace Woodruff, Davis Meriwether Woodruff and numerous nieces nephews and cousins. Beverly is predeceased by her sister Irene Hart Strickland. A Memorial Service will be held at 2pm on Thursday January 26, 2017 at The Cathedral of St. Phillip. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in The Fellowship Hall. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to The Westminster Schools 1424 West Paces Ferry Rd. Atlanta, Georgia 30327 or The Georgia Museum of Art 90 Carlton St. Athens, Ga. 30602.