The Wellington Leader February 8, 2001
Farrell Ray Kent, Wellington native, recently of Swink, OK, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Paris, TX at the age of 66. Kent was born August 16, 1934 in Wellington to Rex Kent and Bertha Murray Kent. He attended school in Wellington.
He worked at the Wellington Leader for 13 years, beginning when he was 11 years old cleaning up the shop. He had applied and Deck Wells had said he was too small. He later got the job. During high school he was a linotype operator. When they found out he was left handed and since the press was made for right-handed people, this created another problem. But he asked to be given a chance to learn and he did. He worked for 22 different newspapers, from as small as the Wellington Leader to as large as the Denver Post. From 1960-61, he taught 7th and 8th grade in Girard and worked on the Lubbock newspaper. He taught all subjects plus coaching basketball and drove the school bus. From 1967 until 1978, he was a counselor for Texas Vocational Rehabilitation at Amarillo, Odessa and Midland.
He married Evelyn Meador in Clovis, NM on September 10, 1971. In 1998 he moved to Swink, OK. He had retired from the State of Texas Department of Criminal Justice where he had been employed as a chemical dependency counselor.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn; a son, Kendall Kent of Brownwood; a daughter, Karen Kedziora of Houston; three stepdaughters, Lisa Scott of Midland, Andrea Stoeffler of Big Spring and Rene Guest of Houston; His mother, Bertha Williams of Wyoming; his brother-in-law, Gary Meador of Swink, OK; four brothers, one sister, five grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.
The mother of his children, Edwina Stuard O'Neal died in 1987 in Howard County, Texas.
father - Woodrow Rex Kent, b. 7/23/1913 Roger Mills Co, OK, d. 2/8/1978 Colorado Springs, El Paso Co, CO
Farrell Ray Kent, Wellington native, recently of Swink, OK, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Paris, TX at the age of 66. Kent was born August 16, 1934 in Wellington to Rex Kent and Bertha Murray Kent. He attended school in Wellington.
He worked at the Wellington Leader for 13 years, beginning when he was 11 years old cleaning up the shop. He had applied and Deck Wells had said he was too small. He later got the job. During high school he was a linotype operator. When they found out he was left handed and since the press was made for right-handed people, this created another problem. But he asked to be given a chance to learn and he did. He worked for 22 different newspapers, from as small as the Wellington Leader to as large as the Denver Post. From 1960-61, he taught 7th and 8th grade in Girard and worked on the Lubbock newspaper. He taught all subjects plus coaching basketball and drove the school bus. From 1967 until 1978, he was a counselor for Texas Vocational Rehabilitation at Amarillo, Odessa and Midland.
He married Evelyn Meador in Clovis, NM on September 10, 1971. In 1998 he moved to Swink, OK. He had retired from the State of Texas Department of Criminal Justice where he had been employed as a chemical dependency counselor.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn; a son, Kendall Kent of Brownwood; a daughter, Karen Kedziora of Houston; three stepdaughters, Lisa Scott of Midland, Andrea Stoeffler of Big Spring and Rene Guest of Houston; His mother, Bertha Williams of Wyoming; his brother-in-law, Gary Meador of Swink, OK; four brothers, one sister, five grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.
The mother of his children, Edwina Stuard O'Neal died in 1987 in Howard County, Texas.
father - Woodrow Rex Kent, b. 7/23/1913 Roger Mills Co, OK, d. 2/8/1978 Colorado Springs, El Paso Co, CO
The Wellington Leader February 8, 2001
Farrell Ray Kent, Wellington native, recently of Swink, OK, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Paris, TX at the age of 66. Kent was born August 16, 1934 in Wellington to Rex Kent and Bertha Murray Kent. He attended school in Wellington.
He worked at the Wellington Leader for 13 years, beginning when he was 11 years old cleaning up the shop. He had applied and Deck Wells had said he was too small. He later got the job. During high school he was a linotype operator. When they found out he was left handed and since the press was made for right-handed people, this created another problem. But he asked to be given a chance to learn and he did. He worked for 22 different newspapers, from as small as the Wellington Leader to as large as the Denver Post. From 1960-61, he taught 7th and 8th grade in Girard and worked on the Lubbock newspaper. He taught all subjects plus coaching basketball and drove the school bus. From 1967 until 1978, he was a counselor for Texas Vocational Rehabilitation at Amarillo, Odessa and Midland.
He married Evelyn Meador in Clovis, NM on September 10, 1971. In 1998 he moved to Swink, OK. He had retired from the State of Texas Department of Criminal Justice where he had been employed as a chemical dependency counselor.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn; a son, Kendall Kent of Brownwood; a daughter, Karen Kedziora of Houston; three stepdaughters, Lisa Scott of Midland, Andrea Stoeffler of Big Spring and Rene Guest of Houston; His mother, Bertha Williams of Wyoming; his brother-in-law, Gary Meador of Swink, OK; four brothers, one sister, five grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.
The mother of his children, Edwina Stuard O'Neal died in 1987 in Howard County, Texas.
father - Woodrow Rex Kent, b. 7/23/1913 Roger Mills Co, OK, d. 2/8/1978 Colorado Springs, El Paso Co, CO
Farrell Ray Kent, Wellington native, recently of Swink, OK, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Paris, TX at the age of 66. Kent was born August 16, 1934 in Wellington to Rex Kent and Bertha Murray Kent. He attended school in Wellington.
He worked at the Wellington Leader for 13 years, beginning when he was 11 years old cleaning up the shop. He had applied and Deck Wells had said he was too small. He later got the job. During high school he was a linotype operator. When they found out he was left handed and since the press was made for right-handed people, this created another problem. But he asked to be given a chance to learn and he did. He worked for 22 different newspapers, from as small as the Wellington Leader to as large as the Denver Post. From 1960-61, he taught 7th and 8th grade in Girard and worked on the Lubbock newspaper. He taught all subjects plus coaching basketball and drove the school bus. From 1967 until 1978, he was a counselor for Texas Vocational Rehabilitation at Amarillo, Odessa and Midland.
He married Evelyn Meador in Clovis, NM on September 10, 1971. In 1998 he moved to Swink, OK. He had retired from the State of Texas Department of Criminal Justice where he had been employed as a chemical dependency counselor.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn; a son, Kendall Kent of Brownwood; a daughter, Karen Kedziora of Houston; three stepdaughters, Lisa Scott of Midland, Andrea Stoeffler of Big Spring and Rene Guest of Houston; His mother, Bertha Williams of Wyoming; his brother-in-law, Gary Meador of Swink, OK; four brothers, one sister, five grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.
The mother of his children, Edwina Stuard O'Neal died in 1987 in Howard County, Texas.
father - Woodrow Rex Kent, b. 7/23/1913 Roger Mills Co, OK, d. 2/8/1978 Colorado Springs, El Paso Co, CO
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