Allen Echols, 89, husband of Evelyn Davenport Echols, of 211 Stone Lake Drive, died Jan. 30, 2006.
Born in Birmingham, Ala., he was the son of the late James Harris Echols and Nell Taylor Echols.
Mr. Echols was a graduate of the University of Alabama, and owner of Echols Casual Shops for 30 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, where he was a combat pilot, flight instructor and flew B-25s in World War II. He was a former member of Central Park Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala., where he served as a deacon. He was a current member of First Presbyterian Church of Greenville, where he was a former member and treasurer of the Good Neighbor Sunday School Class.
He was a member and past president of the Pleasantburg Lions Club, the Pleasantburg Merchants Association, the Carolina Investment Club, the Senior Golf Association of South Carolina, and was a member of the Greenville Country Club and the Greenville Chamber of Commerce. He was a Mason and was a member of the Hejaz Shrine Temple of Greenville.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are his daughter, Susan Echols Todd and her husband, Walter B. Todd, of Columbia; a brother, Charles William Echols of Atlanta, Ga.; grandchildren, Claude Townsend Sullivan III and Allen Echols Sullivan of Atlanta, Ga., Lise Ewing Anzelone and her husband, Rick, of Greenville, and Linda Evelyn Ewing of Columbia; and a great-granddaughter, Devin Nicole Parrish. He was predeceased by a daughter, Diane Davenport Echols; a sister, Annalu Echols Brown; and a brother, James Harris Echols Jr.
Services will be Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006, at 2 p.m. at The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive, with the Rev. George Allen Moore officiating, with visitation prior to the service from 1 to 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 200 W. Washington St., Greenville, SC 29601; or to American Heart Association , 310-B Bennett Center Drive, Greer, SC 29650. Published in The Greenville News on January 31, 2006
Born in Birmingham, Ala., he was the son of the late James Harris Echols and Nell Taylor Echols.
Mr. Echols was a graduate of the University of Alabama, and owner of Echols Casual Shops for 30 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, where he was a combat pilot, flight instructor and flew B-25s in World War II. He was a former member of Central Park Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala., where he served as a deacon. He was a current member of First Presbyterian Church of Greenville, where he was a former member and treasurer of the Good Neighbor Sunday School Class.
He was a member and past president of the Pleasantburg Lions Club, the Pleasantburg Merchants Association, the Carolina Investment Club, the Senior Golf Association of South Carolina, and was a member of the Greenville Country Club and the Greenville Chamber of Commerce. He was a Mason and was a member of the Hejaz Shrine Temple of Greenville.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are his daughter, Susan Echols Todd and her husband, Walter B. Todd, of Columbia; a brother, Charles William Echols of Atlanta, Ga.; grandchildren, Claude Townsend Sullivan III and Allen Echols Sullivan of Atlanta, Ga., Lise Ewing Anzelone and her husband, Rick, of Greenville, and Linda Evelyn Ewing of Columbia; and a great-granddaughter, Devin Nicole Parrish. He was predeceased by a daughter, Diane Davenport Echols; a sister, Annalu Echols Brown; and a brother, James Harris Echols Jr.
Services will be Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006, at 2 p.m. at The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive, with the Rev. George Allen Moore officiating, with visitation prior to the service from 1 to 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 200 W. Washington St., Greenville, SC 29601; or to American Heart Association , 310-B Bennett Center Drive, Greer, SC 29650. Published in The Greenville News on January 31, 2006
Allen Echols, 89, husband of Evelyn Davenport Echols, of 211 Stone Lake Drive, died Jan. 30, 2006.
Born in Birmingham, Ala., he was the son of the late James Harris Echols and Nell Taylor Echols.
Mr. Echols was a graduate of the University of Alabama, and owner of Echols Casual Shops for 30 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, where he was a combat pilot, flight instructor and flew B-25s in World War II. He was a former member of Central Park Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala., where he served as a deacon. He was a current member of First Presbyterian Church of Greenville, where he was a former member and treasurer of the Good Neighbor Sunday School Class.
He was a member and past president of the Pleasantburg Lions Club, the Pleasantburg Merchants Association, the Carolina Investment Club, the Senior Golf Association of South Carolina, and was a member of the Greenville Country Club and the Greenville Chamber of Commerce. He was a Mason and was a member of the Hejaz Shrine Temple of Greenville.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are his daughter, Susan Echols Todd and her husband, Walter B. Todd, of Columbia; a brother, Charles William Echols of Atlanta, Ga.; grandchildren, Claude Townsend Sullivan III and Allen Echols Sullivan of Atlanta, Ga., Lise Ewing Anzelone and her husband, Rick, of Greenville, and Linda Evelyn Ewing of Columbia; and a great-granddaughter, Devin Nicole Parrish. He was predeceased by a daughter, Diane Davenport Echols; a sister, Annalu Echols Brown; and a brother, James Harris Echols Jr.
Services will be Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006, at 2 p.m. at The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive, with the Rev. George Allen Moore officiating, with visitation prior to the service from 1 to 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 200 W. Washington St., Greenville, SC 29601; or to American Heart Association , 310-B Bennett Center Drive, Greer, SC 29650. Published in The Greenville News on January 31, 2006
Born in Birmingham, Ala., he was the son of the late James Harris Echols and Nell Taylor Echols.
Mr. Echols was a graduate of the University of Alabama, and owner of Echols Casual Shops for 30 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, where he was a combat pilot, flight instructor and flew B-25s in World War II. He was a former member of Central Park Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala., where he served as a deacon. He was a current member of First Presbyterian Church of Greenville, where he was a former member and treasurer of the Good Neighbor Sunday School Class.
He was a member and past president of the Pleasantburg Lions Club, the Pleasantburg Merchants Association, the Carolina Investment Club, the Senior Golf Association of South Carolina, and was a member of the Greenville Country Club and the Greenville Chamber of Commerce. He was a Mason and was a member of the Hejaz Shrine Temple of Greenville.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are his daughter, Susan Echols Todd and her husband, Walter B. Todd, of Columbia; a brother, Charles William Echols of Atlanta, Ga.; grandchildren, Claude Townsend Sullivan III and Allen Echols Sullivan of Atlanta, Ga., Lise Ewing Anzelone and her husband, Rick, of Greenville, and Linda Evelyn Ewing of Columbia; and a great-granddaughter, Devin Nicole Parrish. He was predeceased by a daughter, Diane Davenport Echols; a sister, Annalu Echols Brown; and a brother, James Harris Echols Jr.
Services will be Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006, at 2 p.m. at The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive, with the Rev. George Allen Moore officiating, with visitation prior to the service from 1 to 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 200 W. Washington St., Greenville, SC 29601; or to American Heart Association , 310-B Bennett Center Drive, Greer, SC 29650. Published in The Greenville News on January 31, 2006
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