Returning to Orlando is something of a full-circle reunion for Brewer and those friends of his youth whose lives he influenced so long ago. Many of them have carried forward the community involvement he inspired, said Judy Betterson, a childhood friend of Brewer’s wife.
Betterson said she found Brewer to be smart, witty and humble ”” a sage in a young man’s body.
“He was probably the wisest man I had known at such a young age,” said Betterson, 61, of Winter Park.