William Arthur Brewer Jr was born November 11, 1956, to Anna Jean and William Brewer in Lawton, Oklahoma. After having 3 girls, Anna was so proud to finally have a son! William was a boys boy growing up with 3 older sisters.  He was mischievous and rambunctious.

William attended Dunbar and Douglass Elementary schools.  He attended Central Junior High school and graduated from Lawton High school in 1975. William played basketball, ran track and was outstanding in the high jump.

After graduation, William moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado and got a job as a cook at Giuseppe's Old Depot restaurant.  He was a great cook and really enjoyed working there but as nature would have it, he wanted more out of life and decided to move to Boston, Massachusetts to go to law school.

William eventually changed career paths and decided to go into the insurance business.  He entered the field of entrepreneurship, becoming self-employed as an Insurance Professional. He later worked as a Claims Adjuster for 10 years then opened Brewer Claim Service-Commercial & Personal Multiline Claims.  He then got a job at AIG as a Claims adjuster and worked there for 16 years.

William was President of the Brockton, Massachusetts local NAACP Chapter from 2015 to 2016.  He remained active in community and civic organizations.  William received his Master's Degree in Management in 2006.

He met Rhonda in 2002 and they were married on June 5, 2007, and they along with their son, Nigel and grandson Isaiah became a loving family, one he cared very deeply for.

William and Rhonda decided to leave Boston and the snow and relocate to DeSoto, Texas in 2017. AIG transferred him to the Dallas office until he retired.  But William was restless and decided to go back to work as a Claims Adjuster with Crawford & Company in February 2022.

He is proceeded in death by his father, William Brewer; stepfather, Bob Townsend; brother, Darren, grandmother, Maybelle Woods; aunts, Callie Mae White, Louise Shine, Vernita Keeton and Helen Trotty; uncles, Joe Woods, Van Solomon, Roy Benjamin, and Richard Douglass, and cousins, Florrese Rice, Thomas Douglass, Jacqueline Pierce and Reginald Joe Rogers.

He leaves to cherish his memory his beloved wife of 15 years, Rhonda; his son, Nigel and grandson Isaiah; his mother, Anna Jean Townsend; 5 sisters, Nora (Gary) Thompson of Homestead, Florida, Margaret (Verdell) Singleton of Las Vegas, Nevada, Debra Denman of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Pamela Martin of Lawton, Oklahoma and Dana (Andre) Cook of Jacksonville, Florida; 2 brothers, Xavier(Cindy)Bush of Florence, Arizona, Zachary Bush of Long Beach, California; one aunt, Corine Douglas of Augusta, Georgia; and 3 lifelong friends, Robert Sims of Lawton, Oklahoma, Albert Johnson, Jr. of Lawton, Oklahoma and Clarence Pierce III of Lawton, Oklahoma; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.