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| death_place=Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas

| resting_place=West Park Cemetery in Hereford

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| religion=Fellowship of Believers Church in Hereford

| spouse=[[Clint Formby|John Clinton "Clint" Formby]] (married 1950-2003, her death)

|children=Larry C. "Chip" Formby<br>

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'''Margaret Clark Formby''' (July 12, 1929 – April 10, 2003),<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=December 20, 2009; under pay wall}}</ref> was the daughter of southwest [[Texas]] ranchers who founded the [[National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web|url=http://www.cowgirl.net/|title=Home - Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum|~~last=|first=|date=|website~~=Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum|language=en-US|~~access-date~~=26 April 2017}}</ref> in the basement of the public library in Hereford in Deaf Smith County, Texas, before she relocated the collection to [[Fort Worth]].<ref name=margaret>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/us/margaret-formby-73-dies-began-cowgirl-hall-of-fame.html|author=Douglas Martin|title=Margaret Formby, 73, Dies; Began Cowgirl Hall of Fame"|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=April 20, 2003|accessdate=December 20, 2009}}</ref>

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'''Margaret Clark Formby''' (July 12, 1929 – April 10, 2003),<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=December 20, 2009; under pay wall}}</ref> was the daughter of southwest [[Texas]] ranchers who founded the '''National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cowgirl.net/|title=Home - Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum|publisher=Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum|language=en-US|access_date=26 April 2017}}</ref> in the basement of the public library in Hereford in Deaf Smith County, Texas, before she relocated the collection to [[Fort Worth]].<ref name=margaret>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/us/margaret-formby-73-dies-began-cowgirl-hall-of-fame.html|author=Douglas Martin|title=Margaret Formby, 73, Dies; Began Cowgirl Hall of Fame"|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=April 20, 2003|accessdate=December 20, 2009}}</ref>

==Background==

Formby was born to Fred and Mabel Clark in Van Horn in Culberson County east of [[El Paso]].<ref name=bmi/> She once described her upbringing as "growing up western," and she fought to recognize women for their influence in western culture.<ref>{{cite web|title=Margaret Formby - Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum|url=http://www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/margaret-formby/|website=Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum|accessdate=26 April 2017}}</ref> She graduated second in her class in 1946 from Van Horn High School.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/potter/obits/2003/041303.txt|title=Margaret Formby obituary|publisher=''Amarillo Globe-News''|date=April 13, 2003|accessdate=December 21, 2009}}</ref>

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She launched her collection of western and rodeo artifacts beginning in 1975 in Hereford,<ref name=margaret/> where her husband, [[Clint Formby]], was a [[radio]] broadcaster at the [[Country music|country-music]] station KPAN AM and FM.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/030608/loc_254328517.shtml|author=Henri Brickey|title=Hereford radioman still going after decades|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=March 6, 2008|accessdate=December 21, 2009}}</ref>

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Conflict soon developed between Hereford and Fort Worth values in regard to the museum. The Hereford originators claim rude treatment and hurt feelings from the Fort Worth multimillionaire socialites who took over the museum. The relocation has since "bred a dust storm of conflict," referring to a lawsuit that the new managers filed in Fort Worth [in 1996] against a well-liked [[New York City]] restaurateur who put Hereford's museum on the national map."<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dallasobserver.com/1996-10-24/news/saddlesore/|title=Saddlesore: How Fort Worth's rhinestone socialites bushwacked the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame|publisher=''The Dallas Observer,'' [[Dallas]], Texas|accessdate=December 21, 2009}}</ref>

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Formby was also active in local and state civic affairs, including the [[~~chamber~~ of ~~commerce~~]], the Kings Manor Methodist Home, and the American Cancer Society. In 1977, she was appointed to the Select Committee on [[Child Pornography]]: Its Related Causes and Control by the Texas House of Representatives. Serving with Formby on the panel was later Houston [[Mayor]] Bob Lanier (1925-2014) and former state Representative Claiborne Washington "Clay" Smothers, I (1935-2, an [[African-American]] a family values ~~advocate~~ from [[Dallas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/chargesDisplay.cfm?cmteID=8410|title=Child Pornography: Its Related Causes and Control|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref>

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Formby was also active in local and state civic affairs, including the [[Chamber of Commerce]], the Kings Manor Methodist Home, and the American Cancer Society. In 1977, she was appointed to the Select Committee on [[Child Pornography]]: Its Related Causes and Control by the Texas House of Representatives. Serving with Formby on the panel was later Houston [[Mayor]] Bob Lanier (1925-2014) and former state Representative Claiborne Washington "Clay" Smothers, I (1935-2004), an [[African-American]] advocate for family values from [[Dallas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/chargesDisplay.cfm?cmteID=8410|title=Child Pornography: Its Related Causes and Control|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref>

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In 1982, she was appointed to the Texas State Committee on Teenage Pregnancy. She served as president of Friends of the Library and the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech from 1986 to 1987 and was a board member of the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech from 1983 to 1985, having worked to develop the "Cowboy Symposium" held there each September.<ref name=obit/> In 2000, she donated $450 to the [[Republican National Committee]].<ref>{{cite web~~|title=Margaret Formby from zip code 79045~~|url~~=http://watchdog.net/contrib/79045/margaret_formby|website=Watchdog.Net|publisher=watchdog.net|accessdate=January 17, 2018|archiveurl~~=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012013215/http://watchdog.net/contrib/79045/margaret_formby|~~archivedate~~=~~October 12~~, ~~2013~~}}</ref>

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In 1982, she was appointed to the Texas State Committee on Teenage Pregnancy. She served as president of Friends of the Library and the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech from 1986 to 1987 and was a board member of the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech from 1983 to 1985, having worked to develop the "Cowboy Symposium" held there each September.<ref name=obit/> In 2000, she donated $450 to the [[Republican National Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012013215/http://watchdog.net/contrib/79045/margaret_formby|title=Margaret Formby from zip code 79045|publisher=watchdog.net|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref>

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Margaret Formby died in her Hereford home after falling in her bathroom. Her body was found by her housekeeper.<ref>{{cite web|author=Douglas Martin|title=Margaret Formby, 73, Dies; Began Cowgirl Hall of Fame|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/us/margaret-formby-73-dies-began-cowgirl-hall-of-fame.html|website=''[[The New York Times]]''|publisher=www.nytimes.com|adate=April 20, 2003|ccessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref> She and her husband had five children, Larry C. "Chip" Formby (born 1953) who works at KPAN, and his wife, Lisa, Marshall Clark Formby and wife, Betty, of [[San Antonio]], Ben Formby and Scott C. Formby (born 1961) and wife, Kathy, all of New York City, and the late Linda Kay Formby. She had four grandchildren and a sister, Mary Beth Clark Powell of Hereford.<ref name=margaret/> Formby was a niece by marriage of former state senator and highway commissioner, [[Marshall Formby]]. She was a cousin by marriage of former state Senator [[Robert Duncan]] of Lubbock.

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Margaret Formby died in her Hereford home after falling in her bathroom. Her body was found by her housekeeper.<ref>{{cite web|author=Douglas Martin|title=Margaret Formby, 73, Dies; Began Cowgirl Hall of Fame|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/us/margaret-formby-73-dies-began-cowgirl-hall-of-fame.html|website=''[[The New York Times]]''|publisher=www.nytimes.com|adate=April 20, 2003|ccessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref> She and her husband had five children, Larry C. "Chip" Formby (born 1953) who works at KPAN, and his wife, Lisa, Marshall Clark Formby and wife, Betty, of [[San Antonio]], Ben Formby and Scott C. Formby (born 1961) and wife, Kathy, all of New York City, and the late Linda Kay Formby. She had four grandchildren and a sister, Mary Beth Clark Powell of Hereford.<ref name=margaret/> Formby was a niece by marriage of former state senator and highway commissioner, [[Marshall Formby]]. She was a cousin by marriage of former state Senator [[Robert Duncan]] of Lubbock.

Services were held at the First Baptist Church of Hereford on April 14, 2003. Though she was a member of the Fellowship of Believers Church in Hereford, Formby often taught Sunday school and Bible study at her husband's Baptist church. Interment was at West Park Cemetery north of Hereford.<ref name=obit/>

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