Ms. Evelyn Echols leaves to mourn her loss, yet cherish precious memories, her husband, Mayor Tyrone Echols of Venice, Illinois; two loving daughters, Zondra Bell of Scottsdale, Arizona and Tyla Echols of Venice, Illinois; two stepchildren; her special grandson, who she raised like a son, Kendall Echols; four brothers, Bernard (Tasa) Mosley, Bryant (Kendall) Campbell, Kevin Campbell and Hosea Campbell; four sisters, Jacqueline Horton, Sharon Latham, Bernadine (Wesly) Smith and Sheila (Ray) Campbell.
She also leaves to mourn and cherish her memory, a bonus son, Lawrence (CeCe) McCoo; four grandsons, Lamark Bell, Tyler Bell, Tyrone Echols and Timothy Wellmaker Jr.; four granddaughters, Breana Bell, Kyra Betts, Tytiana Echols and Kennedy Bennett; godsons, Earl and Everett Malone; a host of nieces, nephews, family, church family, friends and a community of children and adults whose lives she touched.