In Loving Remembrance 
for 
Wednesday, December27,1989 
10:00 a,m. 
Union Baptist Church 
Main Street and Locust Avenue 
New Rochelle, New York 
- Obituary - 
I aft was bom November 3,1909 in 
Claxton, GA., to Wilson and Alberta 
Smith Brewton. After attending public 
schools in Claxton, Taft lent his support 
to his parents, brothers and sisters by 
working the family farm, logging, and 
various types of work that was available 
to Black Men during that time. This ver- 
satility, ambition and gumption was to be 
the tools of his success in life. 
Taft married Remelle Henderson on 
February 14, 1937. Shortly there after, 
they opened and operated a gas station 
and resturant. The building that housed 
the resturant and living quarters was the 
first black owned two story building in 
Claxton, GA. This was the beginning of 
his entrepreneur enterprises which led to 
his successul moving and handyman 
business just prior to his illness. 
Taft left Claxton, GA., for New York, in 
the early 1950''s, living first in 
Mamaroneck and Queens, New York 
before settling in New Rochelle. He 
worked in many various jobs before being 
hired as a laborer for Lowen Associates, a 
local construction firm. In 1976, Taft 
retired from Lowen Associates, in pursuit 
of his dream, to build his own home. This 
was accomplished in November, 1976. 
Taft's personality was an intricate 
tapestry of amirable qualities, and a 
''Commanding" presence. He was a 
deeply religious man who lived and prac- 
ticed his religion. He was ordained a 
deacon in Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in 
Claxton. Deacon Brewton moved his 
membership here to Union Baptist Chur- 
ch. Taft, was an easy listner and was of- 
ten called upon to counsel others with his 
infinite wisdom. If song was to discribe 
his life, it would be best describe by: 
 If I can help somebody as I pass 
along 
If I can cheer somebody with a word 
or a song 
If I can tell somebody hes travelling 
wrong 
Then my living shall not be in vain 
Deacon Taft Brewton's life was not in 
vain. 
Taft is survived by is widow Remelle, six 
children, Bernard, Annette, Brenda, 
Marion, Tyrone and Courtney; two sisters 
Eula and Beatrice Williams; one brother 
Jefferson Davis "J.D.", Cheryl Brewton 
and Josephine Brewton daughter-in-laws 
and Dennis Peake son-in-law. The pride 
and joy of his life was his eleven gran- 
dchildren, Horace, Sharon, Albert, Marc, 
Saudiah, Stacey, Omar, Tisha, Kiana, 
Jared and Jihan. And one great grand 
*A.J. , a son, Roscoe, died in July, 1987. 
*And I heard a voice from heaven saying 
unto me, 'write, blessed are the dead 
which die in the Lord from henceforth; 
yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest 
from their labours; and their works do 
follow them.  
On Wednesday, December 20, 1989, we 
lost a Husband, a Father, a Grandfather, a 
Brother, a Uncle and a Friend. 
An old man going a lone highway 
Came in the evening cold and gray 
To a chasm vast and deep and wide. 
The old man crossed in the twiUght dim, 
The sullen stream had no fears for him, 
But he stopped when safe on the other side 
And built a bridge to span the tide. 
Old man,  said a fellow pilgrim near, 
You are wasting your strength with building here; 
Your journey will end with the ending day. 
You never again will pass this way. 
You've crossed the chasm deep and wide. 
Why build you this bridge at evening tide?" 
The builder lifted his old gray head, 
Good friend, in the path I have come, "he said, 
There foUoweth after me today 
A youth whose feet must pass this way. 
This chasm which has been as naught to me 
To that fair-haired youth might apitfoU be. 
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim. 
Good friend, lam building the bridge for him.  
Rev. 14:13 
The Bridge Builder 
Will Allen Dromgoole 
- Program - 
Reverend Clarence Carson 
Officiating 
i: 
Organ Prelude 
Processional 
The Invocation 
I 
i Hymn 
Old Testament Scripture Jobe 14:1-14 
New Testament Scripture John 14:1-6 
Prayer 
^olo Mrs. Terri Small 
Resolutions Deaconess Mary Ried 
Remarks 
Obituary Dennis Peake III j 
Solo Deacon Robert Bishop 
Eulogy Rev. Clarence Carson 
Hymn 
Benediction and Recessional 
f'rom the Family 
I Said A Ptayer For You Today 
I said a prayer for you today 
and know God must have heard - 
/ felt the answer in my heart 
although He spoke no word! 
I didn 't ask for wealth or fame 
(I knew you wouldn't mind) - 
I asked Him to send treasures 
Of a far more lasting kind! 
I asked that He'd be near you 
at the start of each new day 
To grant you health and blessings 
and friends to share your way! 
I a&.':ed for happiness for you 
hi all things great and small  
But it was for His loving Care 
I prayed the most of all! 
- Acknowledgements - 
The family of Taft Brewton wishes to express 
grateful appreciation for the many expressions of 
sympathy and concern shown them during this 
time of bereavement 
-Arrangements- 
Barney T, Me Clanahan Funeral Home 
Ernest B. Bolden 
- Internment - 
Mt Hope Cemetery 
Hasting-On-Hudson, New York