On November 11, 1910, as the sun rose, God sent a beautiful baby girl to Burceand Elizabeth Daye, in Caswell, North Carolina.....GWENDOLYN DAYE-ECHOLS At an early age, the family later mov ed to Sedalia, North Carolina, where Gwendolyn grew up and received her edcation from the Old palmer Memorial Institute. Gwendolyn Echols later moved to Greensboro, North Carloina in the midst of her adult life. She married her childhood sweetheart, Clyde D. Echols. To this loving union two sons, Clyde, Jr. and Rondelle were born. She became an ardent member of the Untied Institutional Baptist Church and Ward #2 under pastoral ministers, Dr. Charles W. Anderson and Dr. Lois J. Anderson. After many years, she moved to Baltimore, and became an active and faithful member of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Gwendolyn was a loving and kind person. She was a special mother, a devoted grandmother, a great sister, an understanding mother-in-law, and a wonderful aunt who loved to cook and share her time with children and friends. She loved to travel, talk on the telephone, read the Holy Word and attend church. She loved HATS. She was a dietician by profession and retired from the Happy Hill Hospial in the 1970's. In her loving desire for children, she started a Daycare on her home. On February 13, 2002, God sent th sun tio set on Gwendolyn Echols as the angelsgently escorted her to the Shining Courts Of Glory. Her husband, Clyde M. Echols, Sr. and son, Clyde M. Echols, Jr. preceded her in death. Her lifelong work completed,... her reward claimed! She survived by her devoted son, Rondelle C. Echols; a daughter-in-law, Shirly M Echols; three grandchildren, Kathy, Phyllis and James; seven great grandchildren residing in San Diego, California, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousin and friends.