Raquel Mora Martínez

MARTINEZ, Raquel Mora (née Mora). b. Allende, Coahuila, Mexico, 17 January 1940; d. San Antonio, Texas; 12 April 2026.  Composer, teacher, church musician, and hymnal editor. Her father, Josué Mora, was a Methodist minister, and her mother, Amada Mora, a homemaker, devoted all her time to church service. Endowed with a beautiful voice, ‘Amadita’, as Raquel’s mother was called, became the choir soloist: she would sing for all special occasions. Raquel received her education from the Lydia Patterson Institute, El Paso, Texas (1957-1960), University of Texas, El Paso (BA 1975), and Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas (MSM 1989). She was also certified as...