Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....TOWLES, Edward F. March 3, 1971 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 June 7, 2008, 4:59 pm The Brunswick News; Thursday 4 March 1971; pg. 8 col. 2 & Saturday 6 March 1971; pg. 12 col. 3 FIRE ON NORWICH; OCCUPANT DIES A 63-year old man involved in a fire yesterday at 629 Norwich Street died this morning at the Brunswick hospital. Identified as Edward F. Towles, he was the only occupant of a one-story frame apartment owned by Mrs. J.B. Merriweather. The apartment received extensive damage, said Chief Tom Nichols of the city fire department. Cause of the fire was smoking in bed, he said. The fire was reported at 9 p.m. with Companies One and Two responding. Towles received burns but an autopsy will be performed to determine exact cause of death. Chief Nichols said the fire department also is investigating the cause of a fire Tuesday at the Holiday Inn West. A fire in room 216, last occupied by Leo R. Heiler of Rochester, N.Y., caused heavy damage to the room and extensive smoke damage to other parts of the building. The building was completely evacuated at the time, the chief said, and no one was injured. The amount of damage is still undetermined. The Brunswick News; Saturday 6 March 1971; pg. 12 col. 3 E.F. TOWLES BURIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON Burial services for Edward F. Towles were held yesterday at 5 p.m. in the Palmetto Cemetery. Towles died after a house fire Wednesday night. He was a 1929 graduate of Glynn Academy and a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. After his retirement from the Army, he worked here as a sign painter. He is survived by one son, R.W. Towles of Maitland, Fla. Chapman Funeral Chapel was in charge of the arrangements. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at or the sister site at File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/t/towles8924gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb