Background
Echols, Robert was born on February 5, 1874 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of William Walter and Rebecca Louise (Harris) Echols.
Echols, Robert was born on February 5, 1874 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of William Walter and Rebecca Louise (Harris) Echols.
Bachelor of Arts, Birmingham-Southern College, 1902. Doctor of Divinity, 1921.
Ordained ministry at Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1902. Pastor Blocton, Alabama, 1903-1904, Millport, 1905, Coleanor-Piper, 1906, Attalla, 1907-1909. Presiding elder, Haleyville District, 1910-1913.
Pastor of Walker Memorial Church, Birmingham. Alabama, 1914, Eleventh Avenue Church, Birmingham, 1915, Woodlawn Church, Birmingham, 1916-1918. Presiding elder Birmingham District, 1919-1922.
Pastor of Woodlawn Church, Birmingham, 1923-1925, First Church, Florence, 1926-1927. First Church, Tuscaloosa, 1928-1929, First Church, Huntsville, 1930-1931, presiding elder Jasper District, 1932-1935. Pastor of McCoy Memorial Church, Birmingham, since 1935.
Member Conference Board of Christian Education of N. Alabama Conference Trustee Birmingham-Southern College, since 1920, president of the board, chairman of the executive committee. Member board directors Alabama Methodist Orphanage. Member Kappa Alpha. Omicron Delta Kappa.
Mason, Knights of Pythias.
Married Edith Claire Howard, June 23, 1903. Children: Roberts Wadsworth, Frank Howard, Edith Katherine (Mistress J. M. Herren, Junior.