Firefighter Emory Clyde Pauley, age 51, of the Charleston Fire Department, died on March 4, 1949, when the floor collapsed during a fire at the Woolworth’s Department Store.
He served at Charleston Fire Department’s Central station for 24 years.
He is survived by his wife, Dessie Hunt Pauley; his three sons, Eugene Emory, William Daniel and Fred Robert Pauley; his two sisters, Mrs. William Moles and Mrs. Charles Moles; his two brothers, Everett and Virgil Pauley .
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