John Wesley Brewer Sr.

Funeral services for Mr. John Wesley Brewer, Sr., 95, of Greenville, MS who passed on January 3rd, 2026 at Bolivar Medical Center, Cleveland, MS will be held at 10 am on Wednesday January 7th, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Greenville. The family will receive friends from 9 am until the start of the service. Rev. Chris Vowell will be officiating. Serving as pallbearers are Bogan Anderson Brewer, James Burland Young III, John Brewer Young, Jeffrey Blair Young, Jarrod Brock Young, and Daniel Thomas Morgan and serving as honorary pallbearers are John Austin Brewer and Lee Ellis Brewer, Jr.. A graveside service will be held at 3pm at Stonefield Church of God Cemetery in Cascilla, MS.
John Wesley, as he was known, was born to the late Rev. Luther Harrison and Allie Beatrice Scallion Brewer in Cascilla, MS on December 5th, 1930. He was raised in a loving and faith-filled home and made his profession of faith in Christ as a boy. John Wesley was educated in the Drew, MS public schools and later at Mississippi Delta Junior College and Delta State University. He served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Rendova (CVE-114) during the Korean War and later during Operation Ivy before being honorably discharged for his service. He was a 32nd Degree Master Mason and a proud member of the American Legion and the VFW. He has a long service record to Washington County with participation in the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, the Exchange Club, and the Salvation Army. He dearly loved youth sports in the Delta where he coached YMCA football and officiated high school football for 21 years.
John Wesley was a business man who started his career at D. Canale & Co. out of Memphis, TN and later operated Delta Electronics. He was materials manager for Cleaver Brooks Boiler Manufacturing before buying Dixie Fire Equipment Co. In 1995, he co-founded Advanced Welding and Industrial Supply with his son before retiring in 2022.
He was preceded in death by his wife for 49 years: Frances Lucille Jefcoat Brewer, four brothers: Davis Brewer, Oliver Brewer, Lee Ellis Brewer, and L.H. Brewer, Jr. and three sisters: Velma Brewer Goss, Rebecca Jo Brewer Cooksey, and Betty Sue Brewer Willard, and his son in law: Ben Sayle.
He is survived by three children: Jeffrey Sayle of Greenville, MS, John (Terri) Brewer, Jr. of Greenville, and Susan (Jimmy) Young of Cascilla, MS, as well as six siblings: Thelma Staton, Herbert (Margaret) Brewer, Faye Ridgeway, Jim Brewer, Sharon (Richard) Brown, and Bobby (Carol) Brewer, ten grandchildren: Kelly (Dan) Morgan, Liz Sayle, Allie Sayle, John Austin Brewer, Bogan Brewer, Kaylynn Brewer, Burland Young, Brewer Young, Blair Young, and Brock Young, as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.
Donations in his memory can be made to Navy Safe Harbor Foundation and Sacred Space of Greenville, MS.
Register online and express condolences at www.mortimerfh.com