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She was on the executive board of the Southwestern Division of the organization.
She was also secretary-treasurer of the student affiliate division of the Texas
Music Teachers Association.
In addition to her work in her private studio, Rachel was past president
of both the Beaumont Music Teachers Association and of the Beaumont Music
Study Club, and a member of the Past Presidents Assembly of the Beaumont
Music Study Club.
A member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, she served as pianist and as-
sistant organist under the late William Kirkpatrick, organist-choirmaster.
A native of Beaumont and a member of a pioneer family, Rachel was the
daughter of the late Rufus Dudley Kent and of Lillian Margaret (Webber)
Kent, and the great-granddaughter of the late William McFaddin, veteran of
the Battle of San Jacinto, and Rachel (Williams) McFaddin. Two surviving
sisters, Miss Alice Kent and Mrs. Helene Kent Hartel, are of Beaumont, her
third and youngest sister, Miss Janice Kent, is of Radford, Virginia.
Rachel was a petitioner for the incorporation and a founding member of
The Texas Gulf Historical Society, serving as its first secretary and contribut-
ing substantially to the purposes, interest, and the ideals of the organization.
Her life has been woven into the warp and woof of Beaumont culture.
Earl Wesley Fornell
1908 - 1969
Born in Laketown, Wisconsin, in 1908, of Swedish-American parents, Earl
Wesley Fornell adopted Texas as his home following his marriage in 1947 to
Miss Martha Steinmetz, whose home was Galveston. Before settling in Texas
in 1950, the Fornells resided in New York City. During this period he re-
ceived Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the New School for
Social Research (1947; 1949). He was a documents specialist at Columbia
University (1948-1950), where he received another Master of Arts degree in 1950.
Upon moving to Texas, he served as head of the government department
at Amarillo College (1940-42) and as instructor in government at Rice Univer-
sity (1952-56). In 1956 he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in
American political history, from Rice University, Houston; became an assist-
ant professor of government at Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont,
in 1957; and was made full professor in 1962.
Dr. Fornell was recognized as both a highly effective teacher and prolific
writer. His fruitful research yielded more than twenty articles published in
professional journals as well as two major books, The Galveston Era (1962) and
The Unhappy Medium (1964). He was a contributor to the Encyclopedia
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