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==Death and legacy==
 
==Death and legacy==
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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|accessdate=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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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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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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In 2000, Formby was named to the "100 That Made a Difference: History Makers of the High Plains" by ''The Amarillo Globe-News.''<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.amarillo.com/stories/051900/his_formby.html|title=History Makers of the High Plains: Margaret Formby|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdate=December 21, 2009}}</ref> She also received the "Pioneer Woman Award" from the American Cowboy Culture Society.<ref name=bmi/>​
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In 2000, Formby was named to the "100 That Made a Difference: History Makers of the High Plains" by ''The Amarillo Globe-News.''<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.amarillo.com/stories/051900/his_formby.html|title=History Makers of the High Plains: Margaret Formby|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdate=December 21, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> She also received the "Pioneer Woman Award" from the American Cowboy Culture Society.<ref name=bmi/>​
    
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