So sorry of the passing of Ms Ann my condolences to the Family and Friends.🙏♥️🙏
— Elaine Bonner
I am so sorry to hear of Ann's passing. She was a sweet lady.
— nancy towler duckworth
I first met Ann when her brother Johnny H Towler and I were dating. The occasion was her marriage to Marvin Brown. Johnny and I married a year or so after them, both of us settling in to the busy lifestyle of "newlyweds."
Seemed like no time at all before Ann and I were both pregnant with our first babies. She with Angela, me with Keith. We didn't see a lot of each other those first years -- both of us were busy busy! I still have some really sweet photos of a very young Angela and Keith playing together. Then she added Penny and I added Kenneth and then John Christopher and our lives were very full! We gathered to celebrate birthdays and most Christmases, but especially at Thanksgiving.
I remember one day I was visiting with Ann while Johnny and Marvin was talking fishing -- we were both sitting in rocking chairs, finding a few quiet minutes. I said "Ann, it is so much easier for you than me -- you with girls and me with boys." She gave a harruump and we both laughed. No such thing, of course. Kids are kids and we both had our hands full.
Life had its really difficult, sad moments. Marvin's health declined and Ann spent more and more time taking care of him, often driving back and forth to the VA in Atlanta. She was so committed! Then the day came when Marvin lost the battle and she continued on as mother and friend. Her birthday was in July, Johnny's in June and he never forgot to send her a card on her special day, visiting often to celebrate with her. Even as Johnny's own health began to fail, he did not forget his sister. If he couldn't get out for a birthday card he'd remind me of the date to make sure I took care of that for him.
They are together now, for all time. I am so blessed!
Ann and I were blessed with good marriages to fine men. Our children, Angela, Penny, Keith, Kenneth and John C are blessed to have fathers who loved them and raised them up in the way they should go.
Fate of course met us again with our son Keith's passing -- then Angela. I know they have been loving each other on some heavenly cloud - Angela singing and playing the piano, Keith drawing and cartooning.
Ann's gone now. But she had a long, beautiful life -- not easy, not perfect. She gave so much and I will miss her until I'm there to pick up that conversation about how much easier it was to raise girls and boys.
— Polly Keith Towler
She will be missed. We loved her dearly.
— Ronnie and Lynn Atha
Miss Ann was a joy to have as a friend. We loved her in our Sunday School Class at Ebenezer. She was greatly loved by all and she will be greatly missed.
— BARBARA ANN TAMPLIN
I'm sorry we lost another cousin. Not many of our generation left. I loved Ann's whole family. Ann was a special person to me.
— Harold Towler