 STOVALL, MARGARET VIRGINIA (NEE) LEE The common thread that bound our family from WWI, through the roaring 20's, the great depression, WWII and into the 21st century is gone. Margaret Stovall passed away on February 12, 2015 in San Antonio, TX after suffering from complications from a fall and generally deteriorating health. Margaret was born April 18, 1916 in Childress TX, the oldest of seven children born to William Andrew Lee and Grace Virginia Ballard. Her childhood years were spent in Childress and after moves to Electra, El Paso, Plainview and Lubbock the family settled in the Poly area of Ft Worth. After graduating from Polytechnic High in 1935 she began working for SH Kress & Company in downtown Ft Worth. To Margaret, downtown Ft Worth was the most exciting place in the world. In May 1940, she was hired by the Ft Worth & Denver Railroad as a hostess on the Burlington Zephyr where she served until the outbreak of WWII after which time she was moved into the ticket office. Margaret had so many interesting stories to tell about her days growing up during the depression and her service as a hostess traveling between Houston and Denver, stopping at all points between. She learned to make every penny count and lived by the motto "use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without". After marrying Claude Stovall in Weatherford, shortly after the war ended, the couple moved with their three young children to Lubbock in 1952. Claude was called into the ministry in 1955 and the family moved to New Mexico where Claude pastored eight churches and missions until 1985. Margaret made the perfect companion to her husband's ministries with her beautiful voice and always ready piano skills. She worked for many years as a secretary at the Baptist Convention of New Mexico. After living in Albuquerque for a number of years in retirement the Stovalls went back to their Texas roots and settled in Kerrville, TX. Margaret enriched the lives of everyone around her and was a wonderful daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend and Christian. Her life was so well-lived no words here can give credit to this splendid woman. She was preceded in death by her husband and daughter, Donna. She is survived by one brother, James Lee of Grandview, TX and his wife. She is also survived by her daughter, June Stovall of Santa Fe, NM; son Mike Stovall of San Antonio, TX, and their spouses; son-in-law, John Spruill of Maxwell, NM; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great- grandchildren. Burial will be at a future date, next to her husband, Claude, in Knox City, TX.
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