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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>​

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>​

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>​

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>​

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>​

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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==Death and legacy==

==Death and legacy==

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.

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.