District 4 Council Member
Robert Echols

	P.O. Box 267 90 Broad Street Gadsden, AL 35902 Telephone (256) 549-4516 Fax (256) 549-4678 Click to E-mail

• Council President
• Chairman of General Administration Committee
• Has served on City Council since October, 1986
• Occupation:
  • Retired from Life Insurance Company of Alabama (Executive Vice-President)
• Education:
  • Graduated from Gadsden High School
  • Attended Snead State Junior College
  • Attended University of Alabama-Gadsden Center
• Biographical Information:
  • Wife - Betty (Spann) Echols
  • 3 Daughters: Sherry Bridges (Librarian, Eura Brown Elementary School
  •                          Nancy Johnson (Reading Specialist, Decatur Elementary School, Decatur, AL
  •                          Ann Messner (Accountant, Parochial School, Madison, MS)
  • 1 Grandchild - Ellen Bridges (Registered Nurse, University of Alabama Birmingham Medical Center) 
• Affiliations:
  • Chairman, Water Works & Sewer Board (member since 1976)
  • Past Chairman of Board, First United Methodist Church
  • Past President, Family Success Center
  • Past President, The Chamber
  • Past President, Rotary Club
  • Co-Founder and Past President, Downtown Action Council