{"id":1435,"date":"2019-12-12T14:43:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T19:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/?page_id=1435"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:34:44","slug":"fans-arnold-rachel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/memorial\/fans-arnold-rachel\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Arnold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\r\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-7\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/files\/2020\/01\/FANS-arnold_rachel.jpg\" alt=\"rachel arnold\" width=\"100\" height=\"173\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1409\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p>Rachel Lynette Arnold was born in 1923 in Calhoun, Kentucky. She was a graduate of the Davis County Hospital School of Nursing in Owensboro, Kentucky. During the Second World War she served as a second lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. She was 47 when she died with her husband, Charles, in the plane crash. The couple was survived by four daughters: Cathy, Robin, Cindy, and Tracy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2>Fans<\/h2>                                             \n        \n    <div\n        id=\"fans-on-the-airplane\"\n        x-data=\"accordion('fans-on-the-airplane', false)\"\n        class=\"rounded-lg overflow-hidden mb-2 transition-all duration-300 ease-out bg-gray-50\"\n        x-bind:class=\"expanded ? 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Arnold<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-arnold-rachel\">Rachel Arnold<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-booth-donald\">Donald Booth<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-chambers-joseph\">Joseph Chambers<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-hagley-shirley\">Shirley Hagley<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-hagley-ray\">Ray Hagley<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-harris-arthur\">Arthur L. Harris<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-heath-emmett\">Emmett O. Heath<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-heath-lois\">Elaine Lois Heath<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-jarrell-cynthia\">Cynthia Jarrell<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-jarrell-james\">James Jarrell<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"w-full lg:w-1\/2\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-jones-kenneth\">Kenneth Jones<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-nathan-jeff\">Jeff Nathan<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-oconnor-brian\">Brian R. O&#8217;Conner<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-prestera-michael\">Michael R. Prestera<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-preston-glenn\">Glenn H. Preston<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-preston-phyllis\">Phyllis Preston<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-proctor-josephine\">Courtney Proctor<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-proctor-herbert\">Herbert D. Proctor<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-ralston-helen\">Helen Ralsten<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-ralston-murrill\">Murrill Ralsten<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-ward-parker\">Parker Ward<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-weichmann-norman\">Norman Weichmann<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n        \n    <div\n        id=\"some-fans-who-could-have-been-on-the-airplane-were-not-2\"\n        x-data=\"accordion('some-fans-who-could-have-been-on-the-airplane-were-not-2', false)\"\n        class=\"rounded-lg overflow-hidden mb-2 transition-all duration-300 ease-out bg-gray-50\"\n        x-bind:class=\"expanded ? 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Cheerleaders<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-hamlin\">Robert and Lloyd Hamlin<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-lambros_george\">George Lambros<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"w-full lg:w-1\/2\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-scott\">Rev. Robert Scott<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-stewart\">Charles and Kitty Stewart<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/fans-tierney\">Pat and Janice Tierney<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n \r\n\r\n\r\n<h2>Related Links<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/memorial\/\">Coaches, Players, Staff<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/memorial\/fans\/\">Fans<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/memorial\/flight-crew\/\">Flight Crew<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/memorial\/1970-season\/\">1970 Season<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/accident-report\/\">Accident Report<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/memorial\/memorial-service\/\">Memorial Service<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/memorial\/fountain\/\">Memorial Fountain<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/memorial\/marshall-university-1970\/\">Marshall University, 1970<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/memorial\/movie\/\">&#8220;We Are Marshall&#8221; movie<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/memorial\/acknowledgements\/\">Acknowledgements<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\r\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-5\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card flex flex-col rounded-lg overflow-hidden relative transition-all duration-200 ease-out shadow-sm self-stretch\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 right-0 h-1 bg-linear-to-r from-green to-green-bright\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"p-6 pb-0 pt-7 bg-gray-50\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"uppercase font-bold text-lg tracking-wider leading-tight text-gray-900\">\n\t\t\t\tSpecial Collections Library\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"h-0.75 mt-4 w-10 bg-green\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"relative bg-gray-50\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-6 pt-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"relative rounded-lg overflow-hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"absolute inset-0 z-1 m-4 border rounded-lg pointer-events-none border-green\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;special-collections&#x2F;files&#x2F;2025&#x2F;02&#x2F;MorrowLibrary_2023-scaled-e1738524222773-1024x401.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;special-collections&#x2F;files&#x2F;2025&#x2F;02&#x2F;MorrowLibrary_2023-scaled-e1738524222773-300x118.jpg&#x20;300w,&#x20;https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;special-collections&#x2F;files&#x2F;2025&#x2F;02&#x2F;MorrowLibrary_2023-scaled-e1738524222773-1024x401.jpg&#x20;1024w,&#x20;https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;special-collections&#x2F;files&#x2F;2025&#x2F;02&#x2F;MorrowLibrary_2023-scaled-e1738524222773-768x301.jpg&#x20;768w,&#x20;https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;special-collections&#x2F;files&#x2F;2025&#x2F;02&#x2F;MorrowLibrary_2023-scaled-e1738524222773-1536x602.jpg&#x20;1536w,&#x20;https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;special-collections&#x2F;files&#x2F;2025&#x2F;02&#x2F;MorrowLibrary_2023-scaled-e1738524222773-2048x802.jpg&#x20;2048w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Morrow Library Facade\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"w-full object-cover h-48\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"px-6 pt-4 pb-7 flex flex-1 flex-col styled-list text-[15px] bg-gray-50 text-gray-500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-1\">\r\n<h4>Contacts<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Special Collections, Morrow Library,\r\nMarshall University,\r\nOne John Marshall Drive,\r\nHuntington, WV 25755<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"mailto:speccoll@marshall.edu\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speccoll@marshall.edu<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"tel:304-696-2343\">304-696-2343<\/a> telephone<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"tel:304-696-2361\">304-696-2361<\/a> fax<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"tel:800-818-9816\">(800) 818-9816<\/a> toll free<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marshall.special.collections\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Other Resources<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/libraries-special-collections\/directory\/\">Staff\/Faculty<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/libraries-special-collections\/directions\/\">Directions<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/special-collections\/libraries-special-collections\/fees\/\">Research &amp; 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