Marshall Formby
| Marshall Clinton Formby, Jr. | |
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| Member of the Texas Senate from the 30th, including: Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, Yoakum counties. district |
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In office 1941–1945 |
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| Preceded by | G. Hobert Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Sterling J. Parrish |
| County judge of Dickens County, Texas | |
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In office 1937–1940 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 12, 1911 Como, Hopkins County, Texas, USA |
| Died | December 27, 1984 (aged 73) Plainview, Hale County, Texas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Sharleen Wells Formby (1946-his death) |
| Children |
Frances Formby Seales David W. Formby |
| Residence | Plainview, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Spur High School |
| Profession |
Attorney Journalist Radio station owner |
| Religion | Baptist |
Sharleen Wells Formby (1946-his death)
Frances Formby Seales
Spur High School
Texas Tech University
University of Texas at Austin
Marshall Clinton Formby, Jr. (April 12, 1911–December 27, 1984), was a Texas attorney, newspaper publisher, radio executive, and a Democratic politician who served a term in the Texas State Senate from District 30 from 1941 to 1945. He was a defender of West Texas interests and entitled a 1962 book, These Are My People. Formby was a maternal uncle of current Republican State Senator Robert L. Duncan, an attorney from Lubbock who formerly held the District 28 seat until he became chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.
Formby was born in the same house as his father, Marshall Formby, Sr. (1877–1957), a farmer and school board member, in the Bethel community near rural Como in Hopkins County in East Texas. His mother was the former Rosa Mae Freeman (1882–1971)
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