Born in Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Madison Ponder
and Martha Angelina (Shotts) Ponder
Sister of
Hattie Bell (Ponder) Boykin, William Constantine Ponder, Silas B. Ponder, Eula Ponder, Lela Ponder, David Tom Ponder, Virgie E. Ponder, James Emmet Ponder and Mattie Eva (Ponder) Ford
Wife of
Robert Rush Echols
— married
30 Nov 1910 in Rankin County
Descendants 
Mother of
Carl Glenn Echols, Hilda Reber Echols, Robert Thomas Echols, Martha Ruth (Echols) Enochs and Alma Grace Echols
Died
at age 71
in Rankin, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Nov 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Services Wednesday for Mrs. Echols
Graveside services were held Wednesday morning from the Zion Hill Cemetery for Mrs. Dora Echols, age 71 , who passed away from a heart attack at her home near Braxton Friday evening.
The Revs. E. J. Slonaker, Tulon Angelin, and Cary Cox officiated and Mims Mitchell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Echols, well-loved by everyone who knew her, is survived by two sons, Glen and Tom Echols of Braxton; three daughters, Major Hilda Echols of the U.S. Air Force of Germany, Mrs. Louis Enochs of Austin, Texas, and Miss Grace Echols of Braxton, one grandchild; two brothers, Tom and Everett Ponder of Braxton; and one sister, Mrs. M.F. Ford of Oklahoma.
Sources
- Van Everett Echols Ridgeway
- Obituary newspaper clipping
- 1900 US Census, District 0085 Cato Rankin Mississippi, Ancestry.com
- 1910 US Census, District 0051Cato Rankin Mississippi, Ancestry.com
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 May 2020), memorial page for Dora Nancy Ponder Echols (12 Mar 1884–3 Jul 1957), Find A Grave: Memorial #146939219, citing Zion Hill Cemetery, Rankin County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Dianne Echols (contributor 48251702) .
- 1930 US Census, District 0017 Beat 5 Rankin Mississippi, Ancestry.com
- 1940 US Census, 61-19 Beat 5 Rankin Mississippi, Ancestry.com
Footnotes
Acknowledgments
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dora by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dora:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dora by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dora:
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~12.50%
Wesley Echols
:
23andMe
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~12.50%
Elizabeth Echols :
23andMe
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