JOHN CALVIN BREWER SR

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Officer Rank: City Marshal
Memorial Panel: 31-W: 23
Department: Lexington, Texas, P.D.
End of Watch: December 20, 1945
Cause: SHOT
Age: 59
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Marshal Brewer was attempting to arrest a man for public drunkenness when the man produced a gun and a struggle ensued. Despite being shot in the arm and lung, Marshal Brewer made the arrest. He was transported to a clinic where he died five days later. His assailant was tried in a court of law, found guilty and sentenced to death in the electric chair.
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