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STOCKTON -- Margoree Stockton, a Raton, New Mexico ranch woman who was active in many community organizations and had wide-ranging interests from pottery and weaving to line dancing, died May 11, 2009 in Albuquerque. She was 85 years old. Her husband of 64 years, Gene Stockton, died in 2007. Gene and Margoree Stockton began married life in 1943 on their ranch alongside the Canadian River south of Raton. They operated it together and raised cattle and hay for the next 62 years, before moving to Albuquerque in 2005. Margoree was born in Winnsboro, Texas. She graduated from high school in Fort Worth and attended Texas Wesleyan University for three semesters before joining the U.S. Weather Bureau as a weather observer in 1942 to be part of the World War II effort. She was posted to Raton, where she met her future husband. She is survived by two sons, Bruce, of Albuquerque, and Bill of Milford, N.J.; two grandchildren, Cinnamon Everheart of Los Lunas and Tomas of Albuquerque; and four great-grandchildren, Grayson, Kaydon and Azlin Everheart of Los Lunas and Janeyre Stockton of Albuquerque. Besides her husband, other family members who preceded Margoree in death included her parents, George and Faye Phillips; an older brother, Gerald Phillips; and a grandson, Kevin Stockton.
        Published on: Sun May 17, 2009