CHARLES J. CJ ECHART;81; OF PRICEDALE;WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD ON SATURDAY;MARCH 6;2004;IN HIS HOME. A SON OF THE LATE MARY ELIZABETH WOOD ECHART AND SAMUEL JACKSON ECHART;HE WAS BORN DEC. 4;1922;IN FAIRCHANCE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRICEDALE UNION CHURCH AND HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN PRICEDALE. MR.ECHART WAS A U.S.ARMY VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II AND RETIRED FROM THE MONESSEN PLANT OF WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CO.;WHERE HE WORKED IN THE PUMP HOUSE. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE OF 53 YEARS;BETTY J.EVANS ECHART;ONE DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW;ANNETTE AND DANA CLAY OF BELLE VERNON;TWO BROTHERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW;CLARENCE AND ETHEL ECHART OF ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP AND RAYMOND AND ARLENE ECHART OF BELLE VERNON;ONE SISTER;DORIS BUSH OF PRICEDALE;THREE GRANDCHILDREN;CURTIS CLAY AND WIFE CARRIE;AND NATHANIEL CLAY;ALL OF ANDERSON;IND.;AND AMANDA CLAY OF BELLE VERNON;TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW;ERMA ECHART OF BELLE VERNON AND RUTH EVANS OF PRICEDALE. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS;HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER;JAMES ECHART;IN 1998. FRIENDS WILL BE RECEIVED FROM 7 TO 9 P.M. MONDAY AND 2 TO 4 AND 7 TO 9 P.M. TUESDAY IN THE FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC.AND CREMATION SERVICE;A GOLDEN RULE MEMBER FIRM;(724 929-5300);700 BROAD AVE.;BELLE VERNON. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE IN THE FUNERAL HOME ON WEDNESDAY;MARCH 10 AT 11 A.M. WITH THE REV.JAMES MIMIDIS OFFICIATING.