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Formby died in Plainview, his principal city of residence since 1947.<ref name=formby/> He was a [[deacon]] of the First [[Baptist]] Church there, a member of the advisory council of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Fort Worth]], Texas, and served on the public relations board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He was active in Rotary International and the Masonic lodge. He was the president of the Texas Tech Ex-Students Association. While serving on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Formby made the  recommendation to rename "Texas Technological College" as Texas Tech University.<ref name=room>{{cite web|url=http://www.avalanchejournal.com/news/040197/marshall.htm|author=Ray Westbrook|title=Marshall Formby Room to be dedicated today at new library|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=March 31, 1997|author=Ray Westbrook|accessdate=December 29, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>

Formby died in Plainview, his principal city of residence since 1947.<ref name=formby/> He was a [[deacon]] of the First [[Baptist]] Church there, a member of the advisory council of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Fort Worth]], Texas, and served on the public relations board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He was active in Rotary International and the Masonic lodge. He was the president of the Texas Tech Ex-Students Association. While serving on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Formby made the  recommendation to rename "Texas Technological College" as Texas Tech University.<ref name=room>{{cite web|url=http://www.avalanchejournal.com/news/040197/marshall.htm|author=Ray Westbrook|title=Marshall Formby Room to be dedicated today at new library|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=March 31, 1997|author=Ray Westbrook|accessdate=December 29, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>

The Marshall Formby State Jail in Plainview is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawyertexasparole.com/freeadvice/prisonnames.htm|title=Texas Department of Criminal Justice Prison Names and Phone Numbers|publisher=lawyertexasparole.com|accessdate=December 18, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> Under a state Senate bill introduced in 2005 by Formby's nephew, Robert Duncan, that portion of Interstate 27 between its intersection with U.S. Highway 84 in Lubbock and its connection with Interstate Highway 40 in Amarillo, was  named the Marshall Formby Memorial Highway.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/TN/6/B/225/B/225.060|title=Marshall Formby Memorial Highway|publisher=codes.lp.findlaw.com|accessdate=December 18, 2009}}</ref> There is also a Marshall Formby Foundation in Plainview.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/PubApps/showVals.php?ft=bmf&ein=752156614|title=National Center for Charitable Statistics|publisher=nccsdataweb.urban.org|accessdate=December 18, 2009}}</ref> In 1997, the auditorium at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections at Texas Tech, where Formby's papers are housed, was named in his honor.<ref name=room/> In 2005, Formby was posthumously inducted into the Texas Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enewsbuilder.net/texasbroadcasters/e_000172378000066839.cfm?x=b11,0,w|title=Texas Association of Broadcasters Bulletin|publisher=enewsbuilder.net|accessdate=December 20, 2009}}</ref>

The Marshall Formby State Jail in Plainview is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawyertexasparole.com/freeadvice/prisonnames.htm|title=Texas Department of Criminal Justice Prison Names and Phone Numbers|publisher=lawyertexasparole.com|accessdate=December 18, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> Under a state Senate bill introduced in 2005 by Formby's nephew, Robert Duncan, that portion of Interstate 27 between its intersection with U.S. Highway 84 in Lubbock and its connection with Interstate Highway 40 in Amarillo, was  named the Marshall Formby Memorial Highway.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/TN/6/B/225/B/225.060|title=Marshall Formby Memorial Highway|publisher=codes.lp.findlaw.com|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref> There is also a Marshall Formby Foundation in Plainview.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/PubApps/showVals.php?ft=bmf&ein=752156614|title=National Center for Charitable Statistics|publisher=nccsdataweb.urban.org|accessdate=December 18, 2009}}</ref> In 1997, the auditorium at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections at Texas Tech, where Formby's papers are housed, was named in his honor.<ref name=room/> In 2005, Formby was posthumously inducted into the Texas Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enewsbuilder.net/texasbroadcasters/e_000172378000066839.cfm?x=b11,0,w|title=Texas Association of Broadcasters Bulletin|publisher=enewsbuilder.net|accessdate=December 20, 2009}}</ref>

​The historical plaque at Formby's grave in McAdoo says that he "exemplifies the hard working, never say quit character of West Texans whom he so vividly portrayed in . . . ''These Are My People'' (1962). . . in politics, in business, and in community affairs. Formby represented the small town, rural character of [[Great Depression|Depression]]-era Texas west of the 100th meridian, a place where it seldom rained, the wind always seemed to blow, and settlers met obstacles head on with a gritty spirit and a will to succeed."<ref name=plaque/>​

​The historical plaque at Formby's grave in McAdoo says that he "exemplifies the hard working, never say quit character of West Texans whom he so vividly portrayed in . . . ''These Are My People'' (1962). . . in politics, in business, and in community affairs. Formby represented the small town, rural character of [[Great Depression|Depression]]-era Texas west of the 100th meridian, a place where it seldom rained, the wind always seemed to blow, and settlers met obstacles head on with a gritty spirit and a will to succeed."<ref name=plaque/>​