Harry Owens Echols, Rapides Parish Louisiana 
Submitted by Gina Brown
Date: September 8, 2009

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Ouachita-Rapides Parish Louisiana Archives Obituaries
Harry Owens Echols 
July 16, 2009

News Star World - July 18, 2009
HARRY OWENS ECHOLS 

Hixon Brothers Funeral Home, Alexandria, LA 

Services for Harry Owens Echols will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, July 18, 
2009, at Dunn Baptist Church, Dunn, LA with Reverend Bernard Duchesne, Jr. 
officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery in Monticello, AR, under the 
direction of Hixson Brothers, Alexandria. Mr. Echols was born December 14, 
1914, in Monticello, AR to Don and Nettie Owens Echols. He passed away 
Thursday, July 16, 2009, at his residence in Alexandria. Harry served in the 
U. S. Navy submarine fleet during World War II on two submarines; the Stingray 
SS-186, and the Pintado SS-387 which won the Presidential Unit Citation for 
extraordinary skill and heroism. He retired from Sun Oil Company as a Master 
Craftsman and was an avid golfer. He was preceded in death by his wife of 55 
years, Lucille Majors Echols; his parents, Don and Nettie Owens Echols; 
brothers, Laron Echols, Joe Echols, Doyle Echols, Guy Echols, Don Henry 
Echols, Jr. and sister Martha Echols Smith. Those left to cherish his memory 
include his sons, Steve Echols and his wife, Marcy, of Plano, Texas; Sam 
Echols, Sr. and his wife, Marianna, of Forest Hill, LA; grandchildren, Mollie 
Robichaux and husband Doug of Shreveport, Sam Echols, Jr. of Forest Hill and 
Kim Kainer and husband Patrick of Austin, TX; three great grandsons, Will, 
Benjamin, and Jonathan Robichaux; brother, Harvey Echols of Bastrop, and 
numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be Saturday, July 18, 2009, at 
Dunn Baptist Church, Dunn, LA, from 9:00 AM until service time at 10:00 AM. 
Graveside services and interment will be at 2:00 PM at Oakland Cemetery, 
Monticello, AR. Memorials may be made to Dunn Baptist Church, Music Ministry, 
1474 Hwy 80, Delhi, LA, 71232. Family requests that any flowers ordered should 
be sent c/o of Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home, 943 Hwy 425 N., Monticello, AR 
71655-4400. 

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