Ezra L. Brewer

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks — Jackson, MS

Accident Veteran

End of Watch April 4, 1959

Age 42

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 10

Incident

Game Warden Ezra Brewer drowned while checking for turkey hunters along the Chickasawhay River, near Leakesville.

The boat he and his partner were in began to take on water and capsized. Game Warden Brewer was pulled beneath the surface as a result of the undercurrent. His body was recovered a short time later by search and rescue personnel.

Game Warden Brewer was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Game Warden Brewer served with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Thank you for your service to the Jackson community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Location Jackson, MS

Platform Identity mdwfpcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 4, 1959

Age 42

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Ezra L. Brewer served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Game Warden Ezra L. Brewer is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MS, 89 of 349 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25.5% of this state's fallen. That is 5.5 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, 5 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 45.5% of this agency's fallen.

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

of 11 officers

45.5% Accident

MS — Statewide

of 349 officers

25.5% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident