William Walker Echols Jr.

William Walker Echols Jr.
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Born	September 17, 1920 (Fort Worth, TX)
Died	May 30, 2003 (Fort Worth, TX)
Parents	William Walker Echols Sr. and Della Lee (Anderson) Echols
Spouse	Katie (Lowry) Echols
Children	William Walker Echols III and Anne (Echols) Smith

Summary

Historic Preservation and Archives, Tarrant County

Email from Dec 30, 2025:

Good morning,

The William Walker Echols biographical file only has one item, an obituary, which I’ve attached for you.  We do typically charge $0.10 per page for copying, but since it’s just a single item, I’m happy to share it free of charge.

It looks like we do have a 1938 Paschal High School yearbook, the year and school referenced in his obituary. We also have a small selection of materials related to other Echols, though they may be a different family, including a book by Gordon Echols, Sgt. Bob (Robert) Echols, and Gus W. and Thomas of Echols Brothers Radiator. These items are not digitizes, so if you’d like to see anything, you can visit the Archives, and we can have materials ready for you.

We have a few architectural drawings from the Geren firm, but our records don’t list Echols as the specific designer.

If you haven't already, you may want to do some searching on The Portal to Texas History. Here's a link to a search for "William W. Echols" which brought back a few possibly relevant results. You can play around with your search terms or use the filters to the left to help narrow down what comes up.

You may also want to check in with the Fort Worth History Center. They may have some materials related to the family or architectural firm that could be of interest. They also have a genealogy librarian on staff who might have some tips on how to find relevant information.

Let me know if there's anything else we can do for you!

Thank you

1970 American Architects Directory

ECHOLS, WILLIAM WALKER.

AIA 64.

Fort Worth Chapter

Preston M. Geren & Assocs, 1125 Ft. Worth National Bank Bldg, Ft.

Worth, Tex. 76102.

Home Add: 3024 Fifth Ave, Ft. Worth, Tex. 76110.

b. Ft. Worth, Tex, Sept. 17, 20.

Educ: Tex. Christian Univ, 54.

Pres. Firm:

Partic. assoc, Preston M. Geren & Assocs, org. 34, joined firm, 39.

Reg:

Tex.

Govt. Serv: U.S.A.A.F, 43-45.

AIA Activ: Ft. Worth Chap, secy, 66.

Source: 1970 American Architects Directory

Timeline

Date	Event
September 17, 1920	Born in Fort Worth (per obituary)
May 1938	Graduated from Paschal High School in the class of 1938 (The Fort Worth Press#May 21, 1938)
1940	Married Katie (Lowry) Echols at College Avenue Baptist Church (per obituary)
June 29, 1943	Name appears in draft column of newspaper (The Fort Worth Press#June 29, 1943)
Circa 1943	Designed airfields in Fairbanks, Alaska, with the Army Air Corps in World War II (per obituary)
Until 1985	Worked at the Architectural firm of Preston M. Geren, Architects and Engineers (per obituary)
May 30, 2003	Died in Fort Worth (per obituary)