Martha Farmer Brewer | |
Birth Date: | October 26, 1928 |
Birth Place: | Anniston, Alabama, U.S. |
Death Place: | Vestavia Hills, Alabama, U.S. |
Office1: | First Lady of Alabama |
Governor1: | Albert Brewer |
Term Label1: | In role |
Term Start1: | May 7, 1968 |
Term End1: | January 18, 1971 |
Predecessor1: | George Wallace (First Gentleman) |
Successor1: | Bobbie James |
Office2: | Second Lady of Alabama |
Governor2: | Lurleen Wallace |
Term Label2: | In role |
Term Start2: | January 16, 1967 |
Term End2: | May 7, 1968 |
Predecessor2: | Marjorie Allen |
Successor2: | Sara Beasley |
Alma Mater: | University of Alabama |
Party: | Democratic |
Martha Farmer Brewer (October 26, 1928 – November 14, 2006) was the wife of Alabama's 49th governor Albert Brewer and the former First Lady of Alabama.[1] [2] [3]
She was born in Anniston, Alabama and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[1] While attending college at the University of Alabama she met Albert Brewer. The two were married for 56 years.[1] Brewer and her husband were devoted to each other, and they had a close and physically affectionate marriage.[4]
Albert Brewer served as governor until January 1971.[1] He lost a battle for the 1970 Democratic gubernatorial nomination to George Wallace.[1]
Martha Brewer died on November 14, 2006, in Vestavia Hills, Alabama.[1] Her memorial service was held at the Mountain Brook Baptist Church.[1]