--Third, fourth, fifth and sixth generation members of the Brewer Family will soon gather for their second reunion in Westbury. This year's reunion coincides with the recent discovery in Pageland, S.C. of slave papers which recorded the births and deaths of the forefathers and descendants of Robert and Emiline Brewer.

The reunion will take place on Saturday, August 13 at the Westbury Holiday Inn on Old Country Road.

"The importance of this reunion is significant," said Thomas Nivens of Westbury, a Brewer descendant who is coordinator of the reunion. "because it highlights one family's long struggle to give their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren a chance to make significant contributions to their communities."

Robert and Emiline Brewer were former slaves who accumulated enough land in Pageland to give each of their eleven children a homestead. These children, who became carpenters, bricklayers, farmers and merchants, in turn had 75 children, among whom are lawyers, doctors, ministers, teachers and businessmen.

Third generation Brewers include: Tommy Huntley, pastor of the Central Baptist Church in St. Louis; Arthur Brewer, former owner of a clothing factory in Pageland and presently a member of the Chesterfield County School Board; Walter B. Nivens, a former member of the Board of Elections in Charlotte, N.C.; the five sons of the late Vinnie and Samuel Gathings, all of who were doctors, pharmacists and a dentist (one, the late Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Gathings, recently had Intermediate School 158 renamed in his memory); Beatryce Nivens Whitley, whose family was named "Family of the Year" in Cleveland for the significant contributions of her children.

The fourth-generation includes lawyers, doctors, architects, a city planner, an actress, a writer, a musician, pharmacists, a journalists and several businessmen. One of them Joyce Whitley, whose grandfather William Nivens was the inventor of the cotton chopper, is the only  woman member of the American Planners and a co-owner of Whitley and Whitley Architect Firm. Her brothers James and William, are prominent architects in Cleveland and sisters Gloria and Janice live in Sweden and work in communications.

Another fourth generation member is Dr. Coyness Ennix, a heart surgeon from Houston who saved the life of the assistant school superintendent of Oakland, Cal. after he was shot by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, when Dr. Marcus Foster lost his life. Ennix' brothers Russell and Frank are practicing attorneys in Nashville, Tenn. and Oakland, respectively.

Other fourth generation members include: Beatryce Nivens, a former assistant dean of women at Denison University and a free-lance writer for Essence Magazine; Carolyn Nivens Hughes, an agricultural economics major and graduate of Cornell University who presently works for a Wall Street firm; John Gathings, Jr. a businessman in Rock Hill, S.C.; Dr. Parthenia Richardson, a recent graduate of Bowman Gray Medical College; Dr. Arthelia Brewer, a junior at Meharry Medical College; Jackie Smith, a recent graduate of Howard University's School of Engineering who now works for Standard Oil Company; Dr. Perry Little, a dentist in High Point, N.C.; Dr. Robert Gathings, Jr., a physician in Albuquerque; Ronald Huntley, a lawyer in Wisconsin; Patricia Atkinson, a counselor at Cheney State College in Pennsylvania; her brother William, a compliance specialist with H.E.W.'s New York office; Bradford Brewer, Jr. a detective in the New York City Police Department.

Fifth generation members include: Dr. Rodney O'Connell, a dentist who practices with his father Dr. Lauriston O'Connell in Rochester, New York and his sister Lauren, a law student at New York University.

The Brewer family reunion is being coordinated by Nivens, its first New York host, assisted by Thelma Murphy, Corrine Fortune and Patricia Atkinson.