Mary Echols
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Mary C. Echols (died January 16, 1929) served as the Commissioner of Health and Education on the Birmingham City Commission from 1921 to 1923. She was elected to a four-year term, but the commission was reduced from five members to three, eliminating her office, after two years.
Echols served as a delegate to the 1924 Democratic National Convention in New York City.
In January 1929 Echols' clothing caught fire when it brushed against a gas-burning space heater in her home. She died from the burns.
References
- "Birmingham woman dies today from burns." (January 16, 1929) Associated Press