Marjorie Camilla Fulks Gracy

Marjorie Camilla Fulks was born September 11, 1935, at Plato, Missouri. Marjorie was the youngest child of John Sherman Fulks and Lina Mae Royster. Paternal grandparents were John Monroe Fulks and Laura Nevada Lee. Maternal grandparents were William Wallace Royster and Ellen McClannahan.
Marjorie was preceded in death by her grandparents; her parents; a sister, Bonnie Fulks Willhite; a brother; Dale Fulks; an infant sister, Freida Fulks; a sister, Betty Joe Fulks Nipper; her son, Anthony Lee (Tony) Bates; a granddaughter, Amanda Dawn Stenger; and a step grandson, Justin Duane Gracy.
Marjorie married Leroy A. Bates in 1953 and to this union was born Donna Sue Bates Stenger, Anthony Lee (Tony) Bates, and Patti Ann Bates Niebruegge. In 1973, they divorced.
In 1982 she married James Franklin Gracy. She leaves behind her husband, James of the home; two daughters, Donna and Patti; a stepdaughter, Elaine Gracy Kelley; and a stepson, Dennis Gracy; six grandchildren, Carla Stenger Randall, Brandi Niebruegge Couch, Jerod Kelley, James Gracy, Kelley Niebruegge, and Jeremy Niebruegge; four great grandchildren; and eleven step great grandchildren. She also leaves one sister, Vivian Smith, and one sister-in-law, Deana Fulks…..several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Marjorie was a homemaker raising her family as best as she could and enjoyed every minute of it. She loved playing the piano; teaching herself how to play. She spent many hours playing, singing, and listening to gospel and country music. She spent many hours working on the genealogy of her family taking several lines back to the 1600s. She started working on this in 1966 and worked on it the rest of her life. She enjoyed meeting all those distant cousins. She loved to read and had an extensive library.
Marjorie was saved at the age of 13 at the Plato Baptist Church. Five of Marjorie's Lee relations were charter members of the Plato Baptist Church when it was organized in 1883.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Stover at the time of her death.
Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 7, in the Stark Cemetery in Plato with Rev. Phillip McGuire officiating.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Stark Cemetery via the Scrivner-Morrow Funeral Home, 210 East Jasper, Versailles, Missouri 65804.

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Cemetery notes and/or description: (27 - 33N- 12W) aka the Cook Cemetery. Take Highway 17 WEST to Roby, MO. At Roby take Highway 32 WEST to Plato. After passing through Plato you will cross the bridge over the Roubidoux Creek. Just WEST of this bridge you will come to a gravel road on the right. Take this gravel road. The Roubidoux Creek can be seen from the gravel road. Go approximately two miles. You will come to another creek that the road fords. Do not cross the creek, but bear to the right up the hill. The cemetery is on the LEFT side of the road at the top of the hill.

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 1:00 PM

Stark Cemetery Plato, MO 65552

Cemetery notes and/or description: (27 - 33N- 12W) aka the Cook Cemetery. Take Highway 17 WEST to Roby, MO. At Roby take Highway 32 WEST to Plato. After passing through Plato you will cross the bridge over the Roubidoux Creek. Just WEST of this bridge you will come to a gravel road on the right. Take this gravel road. The Roubidoux Creek can be seen from the gravel road. Go approximately two miles. You will come to another creek that the road fords. Do not cross the creek, but bear to the right up the hill. The cemetery is on the LEFT side of the road at the top of the hill.