Biographical Sketch: http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/deaths/2007/12/28/john-brower-9.php

John Michael Brower, 70, of Texarkana, Texas, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007, in a local hospital.

Mr. Brower was born Feb. 3, 1937, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was a retired command sergeant major with the Army and Army National Guard, a retired licensed vocational nurse, a member of Disabed American Veterans and Kemper Society, a Methodist and a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Survivors include his wife, Cynthia Brower of Texarkana; two sons and one daughter-in-law, James Ian and Shannon Brower of Redwater, Texas, and Colin Phillip Brower of Texarkana; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Melissa and Eric Strickland of Dallas, Kim and Paul Hughes of Mineola, Texas, and Michelle Brower of Memphis, Tenn.; eight grandchildren; and a number of other relatives.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Chapelwood Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Jerry Creek officiating. Burial with military rites will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park.