Rosa Bryan Hewlett, known to her nieces and nephews and many others as “Aunt Babes”, peacefully and quietly departed this life on Monday, January 10, 2005, at the St. Mary’s Nursing Center in Leonardtown, Maryland.
Rosa was born on June 29, 1912, in Scotland, Maryland to the late Edward C. and Rosa Bryan. She was first baptized at St. Peter Claver Church, St. Inigoes, Maryland. On July 14, 1936, she married Raymond Hewlett and became a lifelong member of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Scotland, Maryland, where she served as an Usher and member of the Women’s Society.
Rosa worked at the Scotland Beach Hotel at Point Lookout for many years and later at St. Mary’s College when it was known as St. Mary’s Female Seminary. Around 1941, Raymond and Rosa opened and operated Hewlett’s Store, in Scotland, a small grocery and general store, entertainment center and a great social meeting place for the community. She said “I think that’s the first place I started dancing myself”, and most of us also learned to dance right there. After Raymond departed this life in 1963, Rosa continued as the sole proprietor of the store until her retirement in 1991.
In addition to her parents and husband, Rosa was pre-deceased by four sisters – Myrtle Bush, Hattie Watts, Grace Lee and Ellouise Barnes, and four brothers – Edward, James, Robert and Joseph Bryan. She leaves to cherish her memory her devoted and loving son Edwin R. Hewlett, of Lexington Park, Maryland, one sister – Lina Reynolds of Capitol Heights, Maryland, and two brothers and sisters-in-law - Frank and Bertille Bryan of St. Inigoes, Maryland and Leonard and Isimae Bryan of St. James, Maryland, and one brother-in-law, Nelson Barnes of Lexington Park, Maryland, and many nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and many, many friends.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, January 15, 2005 from 10:00 a.m. until 11: 00 a.m. at St. Lukes United Methodist Church in Scotland, Maryland. The funeral Service will follow at 11:00 a.m. at St. Lukes United Methodist Church with Reverend Leroy Boldley officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Bouyer Baker, Christopher Roache, Jr., Dwight Barnes, Lamont White, John Barnes, Jr., and Mervin White. Honorary pallbearers will be David Barnes, Ray Barnes, Julian Bryan, Manuel Bryan, Eugene Bryan, Horace Bryan, Donald Bryan, Dennis Bryan, James Bryan, Harry Bryan, Honas Bryan, Leroy Bryan, Lesley Bryan, Harold Reynolds, Jr.
Funeral Arrangements were made by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Maryland.