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William Walker Echols Jr.

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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:



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)