From: The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, TN, Thursday, January 16, 2003. BREWER, CARSON - age 82, of Knoxville, passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at the St. Mary's Medical Center in Knoxville. He was a lifelong member of Norris Religious Fellowship Church. Mr. Brewer retired from the Knoxville News Sentinel, where he was a well known columnist for many years. He was a United States Army Veteran, who served during World War II. He had attended Maryville College before going to serve his country in the Armed Forces and after returning attended the University of Tennessee. He was born February 2, 1920, in Hancock County. Preceded in death by one infant son, and parents, Charles Henry and Eliza Winkler Brewer. Survivors: loving wife of 54 years, Alberta Trulock Brewer of Knoxville; son, Carson Trulock Brewer of Smyrna, Tenn.; grandson, Coleman Carson Brewer of Smyrna, Tenn.; sister-in-law, Joey B. Trulock of Valdosta, Ga., and a host of friends. Arrangements are incomplete at this time, but will be announced as soon as the information becomes available. Memorials may be made to Great Smoky Mountain Natural History Association, Park Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738, or the Norris Religious Fellowship Church, P.O. Box 267, Norris, TN 37828. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home, of Clinton, in charge of all arrangements. Excerpt from an article by Fred Brown in this issue: Carson Brewer, a man whose love for the mountains was as broad as the ridges he roamed, is dead. Mr. Brewer, 82, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died shortly before noon Wednesday at St. Mary's Medical Center of complications from pneumonia. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Norris Religious Fellowship, where Mr. Brewer was a longtime member. Holly-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton is in charge of arrangements. He was born Feb. 2, 1920, in Hancock County's Luther community. He, more than most, felt the call and pull of his beloved East Tennessee. He cherished its varying rhythms, its spring wildflowers and swift mountain streams. The region's heritage was in his bones, his thoughts and his words. For more than four decades as a working journalist, Mr. Brewer made not only mountains but also the communities of Norris and Knoxville his special places of the heart. And he became the most respected journalist of his era in this region. -- Richard A. Mathis ramat@mindspring.com