Cecil in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Brewer Memorial Church
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 19, 2013
1. Brewer Memorial Church Marker
Inscription.
Brewer Memorial Church. . Brewer Church began in 1898 with 10 members in a one-room structure at its current location in Cecil, AL. Construction of the sanctuary occurred a few years later. Brewer Church was named for its first pastor, George Evans Brewer, a former State Senator and commander of the 46th AL Regiment in the Confederate Army. Rev. Brewer was also instrumental in establishing the Talladega School for the Deaf and Blind and Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa. After 1968, the church sat silent for many years due to an aging and declining membership. In 2008, local families revived the church and its cemetery, with blessings from the Montgomery Baptist Assoc.
Brewer Church began in 1898 with 10 members in a one-room structure at its current location in Cecil, AL. Construction of the sanctuary occurred a few years later. Brewer Church was named for its first pastor, George Evans Brewer, a former State Senator and commander of the 46th AL Regiment in the Confederate Army. Rev. Brewer was also instrumental in establishing the Talladega School for the Deaf and Blind and Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa. After 1968, the church sat silent for many years due to an aging & declining membership. In 2008, local families revived the church and its cemetery, with blessings from the Montgomery Baptist Assoc.
Erected 2012 by East Montgomery County Historical Society and Alabama Historical Association.
Location. 32° 18.064′ N, 86° 0.515′ W. Marker is in Cecil, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is on Flowers Road (County Route 37) 0.1 miles south of Vaughn Road (Alabama Route 110), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 68 Flowers Road, Cecil AL 36013, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 19, 2013, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,649 times since then and 56 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 19, 2013, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
