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Formby was born in the same house as his father, Marshall Formby, Sr. (1877–1957),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32028450|title=Marshall C. Formby|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref> a [[farmer]] and school board member in the Bethel community near [[rural]] Como in Hopkins County in East Texas. His mother was the former Rosa Mae Freeman (1882–1971).<ref name=plainview>{{cite web|url=https://plainviewtx.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/306|title=Marshall Formby|publisher=centennialcircleofhonorplainviewexas.com|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref>
Formby was born in the same house as his father, Marshall Formby, Sr. (1877–1957),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32028450|title=Marshall C. Formby|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref> a [[farmer]] and school board member in the Bethel community near [[rural]] Como in Hopkins County in East Texas. His mother was the former Rosa Mae Freeman (1882–1971).<ref name=plainview>{{cite web|url=https://plainviewtx.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/306|title=Marshall Formby|publisher=centennialcircleofhonorplainviewexas.com|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref>
When Marshall was five years of age, the family relocated to McAdoo in Dickens County in West Texas. As a child, he was nicknamed "Potts" because he frequently played in an iron wash pot. Young Formby attended public schools in McAdoo through his junior year of high school. In 1928, he received his diploma from Spur High School, also in Dickens County.<ref name=plaque>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txdicken/markers/marshall_formby.html|title=Marshall Formby Historical Plaque Dedication|publisher=rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=December 18, 2009}}</ref>
When Marshall was five years of age, the family relocated to McAdoo in Dickens County in West Texas. As a child, he was nicknamed "Potts" because he frequently played in an iron wash pot. Young Formby attended public schools in McAdoo through his junior year of high school. In 1928, he received his diploma from Spur High School, also in Dickens County.<ref name=plaque>Marshall Formby Historical Plaque, Dickens County Court House, dedicated 2002.</ref>
In 1932, Formby received a Bachelor of Arts in [[government]] from Texas Tech. While in college, he worked as a regional correspondent for several newspapers and was a student editor of ''The Daily Toreador.'' After college, he briefly owned and operated a drug store in McAdoo. In 1936, he worked briefly as a police reporter for ''The Miami Tribune'' in [[Miami]], [[Florida]].<ref name=plaque/>
In 1932, Formby received a Bachelor of Arts in [[government]] from Texas Tech. While in college, he worked as a regional correspondent for several newspapers and was a student editor of ''The Daily Toreador.'' After college, he briefly owned and operated a drug store in McAdoo. In 1936, he worked briefly as a police reporter for ''The Miami Tribune'' in [[Miami]], [[Florida]].<ref name=plaque/>