Katherine Rhymes Speed Ettl (April 7, 1911 – January 10, 1993) was an American sculptor. She designed many bronze statues, including the one of President

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outside the Jackson City Hall.

Life

Ettl was born on April 7, 1911, in

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, the daughter of C. Douglas Rhymes. Ettl designed many bronze statues, including the one of President

outside the Jackson City Hall. She also designed statues of the

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for the

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, and

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President

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for the National Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Ettl was married twice. Her first husband, Leland Speed, whom she married in 1931, served as the mayor of Jackson from 1945 to 1949. One of their children,

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, became a stock car racing driver. After Leland's death in 1971, she married Alex John Ettl, and she resided in

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from 1972 to 1992. She died of cancer on January 10, 1993, in Jackson, Mississippi, and she was buried in Lakewood Memorial Park.

References

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