Nila June Welsh Echols passed away peacefully in Richmond, VA on Sept 1, 2025.

June was born in a blizzard in Steubenville, Ohio, January 28, 1935, to William and Madaline Logue Welsh. She graduated from Steubenville High School in 1952 where she was a member of the Big Red bands and orchestra. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1956. June was an R.N. in Charlottesville, VA; Miami, FL; and New York, NY, and she became a member of the teaching staff at Virginia Baptist School of Nursing after moving to Lynchburg, VA in 1962.

June earned a master’s degree in education from the University of Virginia in 1973 and taught English at several schools in the Lynchburg area.

June joined the Daughters of the American Revolution through h

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