Margie Morris Scott

Margie Morris Scott, 69, passed away Sunday, September 17, 2017.
The memorial service for Margie will be at 11:00 am, Saturday, September 23, 2017, at Blessing Funeral Home in Mansfield, Texas.
Margie was born February 1, 1948, in Kilgore, TX to James Emmert Morris, Sr. and Edith Lorena Morris. In 1966, she graduated from Monahans High School and married Don Scott. She and Don were happily married for over 51 years.
Margie enjoyed crafts, sewing, ancestry research, and spending time with family and friends. She was an avid gardener and a doting grandmother. Margie loved Texas, including Texas Tech, the Texas Rangers, and the Dallas Cowboys. While wonderfully filling the roles of mother and wife, she led a career that included working for 2 US Congressmen, 1 US Senator, and the Director of the National Water Resources Association. She was also a Virginia Realtor.
Margie was preceded in death by her mother and father.
She is survived by her husband, Don, daughter, Angela Geisendorff and son-in-law Ed; 2 grandsons, Brandon & Donnie Geisendorff; brother, James Emmert Morris, Jr.; 2 nieces, Jamie Reeves & Kristi Benson; 1 nephew, Trey Morris; brother-in-law/sister-in-law Ed and Leigh Ann Clifford and their daughter, Maggie, and son, James.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hearts & Hands at 1601 N. Davis Drive,
Arlington, Texas 76012.


Margie

We hardly knew this girl, it’s true,
She hardly touched our life
When our son, Don, put on the con
And took her for his wife.

Margie Morris was her name
And cute as she could be;
It wasn’t long before we found
She had a spirit free.

It soared aloft past mountains high
Or plunged into the deep.
With Marge around we quickly found
We’d never go to sleep.

When Christmas time would roll around,
She nearly drove us wild.
She peeped and rattled and cajoled
Just like a little child.

She brought a joy into our home;
She teased and laughed and played.
It wasn’t long before we thought,
“Old Don sure has it made.”

He couldn’t have married a sweeter girl
And one that we’d love more;
Thus Margie moved into our hearts
As a daughter we adore.

Her house she keeps in order,
Her clothes and linens clean;
You’d think she had a love affair
With her old wash machine.

She loves her yard and flowers
And from no task will she shirk.
One asset comes through loud and clear,
She’s not afraid of work.

She loves to act like she is tough
And never has a care,
But underneath that big charade
Our Margie’s always there.

Her heart’s as big as all outdoors
And tender as a rose,
She really cares for other folks
And all that caring shows.

You can brag about your daughters-in-law
And all that “Tommy Rot”;
But we wouldn’t trade for all the world,
We love the one we’ve got.

~ A.D. Scott