Margie Mayes

Margie Virginia Mayes was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on May 25, 2025. She was born at the Foreman home place on January 23, 1935 to a family full of love and was named after her mother’s best friend, Margie (Harris) Morgan and her grandmother, Virginia (Jennie) Foreman. She attended several schools growing up and graduated from Bixby High School. Margie married Donald Lee Blagg, Sr. This union gave them a precious son, Donny. He was the light of her life. She lost Donny when he was 21 years old when a drunk driver hit him during a traffic accident. But, Margie knew that one day she would be reunited with her precious son. Margie was saved and baptized in February 1959 at South Heights Baptist Church in Sapulpa, OK. She loved the Lord and was a faithful Christian. Margie let others know about the importance of being saved and was proud of helping several others give their lives to Jesus and be baptized. She looked forward to the day she could see her Donny and other loved ones again. If you were ever around Margie any at all you learned she loved the color purple and playing dominoes. She was known to be a pretty competitive domino player and did not like to lose. Many intense games were played around the table at the home place with Margie quoting the rules. She also had a gift for expressing herself through writing poems and playing the guitar. Margie was a mother, wife and home maker. She also worked for the Creek County Treasurer’s office for 13 ½ years before retiring in June 2003. It was at this time Margie’s life came full circle. She married Ray Mayes, her Sequoyah elementary school sweetheart and they lived 1/8th of a mile from her old home place. They shared many happy days together until his passing in August 2016. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, William Henry Foreman Jr and Jennie (Clevenger) Foreman; mother, Zelma Moran; aunts, Hilda Walden, Clara Ashwood and Pauline Blagg; uncles, Ralph Foreman, David “Gene” Foreman, William Henry “Bill” Foreman III, and Kenneth Foreman; first cousins, David E. Foreman Jr, Larry Foreman, Aubrey Morgan, Bobby Gene Ashwood, Joyce Kizzia and Nina Wilkins. Margie is survived by her first cousins, Carol Boyd of Claremore, Jackie Foreman of Owasso, Janice L. Dillon of Muskogee, Natalie Medlin of Muskogee, Ronnie Blagg of Tulsa, Jeanne Shepherd of Bartlesville, Terrye Cramer of Fayetteville AR, and Kenny Foreman of Bartlesville, as well as numerous other loving family members and a special friend of 65 years, Phyllis Pinkston. The family would like to express their gratitude to Eastgate Nursing Center and Emerald Hospice for the compassionate care they provided to Margie and family. Margie’s life will be celebrated at 2pm, Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bob Hancock officiating. Interment will follow at Greenhill Cemetery in Muskogee, OK with Blaize Herriman, Bobby Herriman, Lance Boyd, Robert Vanvleet, Jimmy Kizzia and George Miller serving as pallbearers. Margie will be missed, but we have comfort knowing she is with her Lord and Savior and reunited with loved ones.

Margie Mayes

January 23, 1935 - May 25, 2025