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Alice Marguerite "Margie" Coker Vannoy
6 Mar 1929 – 17 Jun 2020
| Birth | 6 Mar 1929 |
| Death | 17 Jun 2020 |
| Cemetery | Land of Memory Cemetery Palestine , Anderson County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Kaye Pate on 18 Jun 2020 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211514102 |
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Services for Alice Marguerite Vannoy, of Montalba will be at Montalba Christian Church with Pastor Steve Russell officiating. Burial will follow at Land of Memory Cemetery. She was born to John and Julia Coker and married Thomas Irvin Vannoy on May 31, 1947. She and her husband lived in Van, Texas for 35 years where they reared their children. She was a member of Colfax Eastern Star and the First Baptist Church of Van. After retiring from TP&L, they moved to Anderson County, spending the next 25 years in Montalba. In later years she moved to Henderson, Texas to live with her daughter Doris and to be closer to other family members. She had a dual memberships with the Montalba Christian Church and the First Christian Church of Henderson. Margie was optimistic and said "I choose to be happy" SHe loved everybody and always encouraged others. She thought of all the church/neighbor kids as her adopted kids. She was always willing to share; making room for someone to sit, offering food and drink to everyone in the room and sending food to others. Her nicknames were "Lady Go_Go" because she loved to travel and journeyed all 50 states, "Ms Red" because it was her favorite color and "Tuff Old Bird" because she bounced back time after time from illness and broken bones. In her later years, she like her hats and jewelry. She was very thankful for anything you did for her. She loved her animals-" Queen", the mule was given fruit at the back door, "Bear", the fat weenie dog traveled with her and was first out to see and "Darby", her cat stayed close in her lap, chair and bed. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Wayne Coker; her husband, Thomas I. Vannoy. Survivors include her children, Homer Vannoy, Dorris Vannoy and Roy Vannoy (Marilyn); grandchildren, James Grady Strickland and Dianna Parodi; great grandchildren, Michael Strickland and Lance Daniel. Pallbearers; Walter Hamil, Ken tomblin, Clay Hamil, Mike Giles, Vic Poff, Rodney McGee and Paul Duff. (Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home 6/18/2020)
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