"R.C." Ruben Carlton Brewer

“R.C.” Ruben Carlton Brewer, age 91 a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away at his home in Calvin, Oklahoma under the care of Heartland Hospice of McAlester and surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa.  Rev. Lonnie Palmer will officiate.  Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery, and pallbearers will be R.C.’s great grandsons. Honorary pallbearers are his grandsons. R.C. was born on November 17, 1923 in Konawa, Oklahoma to William Homer Brewer and Ocie E. (Moore) Brewer.  He attended the 7th and 8th grades at Summer Chapel school.  He worked in CC Camp in Oklahoma and in New Mexico.  R.C. worked in the shipyard in California during WWII where he met and married his first wife, Hazel Janette Davidson.  R.C. was also a pumper and foreman for Bradley Producers and for Consolidated Oil and Gas.  Hazel preceded him in death, and he later met and married Dorothy (Tollett) England in Ada, Oklahoma on January 17, 2009. His passion was his family, and he loved to raise watermelons at his home so the grandchildren could have all the melons that they could want.  He loved to hunt bobcats and raccoons, and he loved to watch all of his grandchildren play basketball.  He even managed to watch some of his great grandchildren play.  R.C. was a “people person” who never met a stranger, and he loved to visit with everyone. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Brewer of the home; two sons, Ruben L. Brewer and wife, Sharron of Maud, Oklahoma, and Roger Brewer and wife, Jeanie of Konawa, Oklahoma; one daughter, Pauline Greenwood and husband, Sam of Byars, Oklahoma; one brother, Frank Brewer of Maud, Oklahoma; two sisters, Dorothy Mullins of Ada, Oklahoma, and Lorene Cole of Shawnee, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Homer and Ocie Brewer; first wife, Hazel J. (Davidson) Brewer; one son, Rethel Homer Brewer; three sisters, Laura Marie Downey, Mary Mosley, and Ellen Eberle; and two brothers, W.H. Brewer and Ben Brewer. Funeral Information: April 22, 2015, 2:00 PM Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel of Konawa located at 217 N. Broadway, Konawa, OK 74849