Katherine Ettl
Katherine Rhymes Speed Ettl was an American sculptor. She designed many bronze statues, including the one of President Andrew Jackson outside the Jackson City Hall.Life
Ettl was born on April 7, 1911 in Monticello, Mississippi.
Ettl designed many bronze statues, including the one of President Andrew Jackson outside the Jackson City Hall. She also designed statues of the Kansas City Chiefs for the Arrowhead Stadium, and Confederate President Jefferson Davis for the National Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C..
Ettl was married twice. Her first husband, Leland Speed, served as the mayor of Jackson from 1945 to 1949. After his death in 1971, she married Alex John Ettl, and she resided in Princeton, New Jersey from 1972 to 1992. She died of cancer on January 10, 1993 in Jackson, Mississippi, and she was buried in Lakewood Memorial Park.
