Margie Belle Richards

RANGER – Margie Rutledge Fox Richards, 84, passed away Tuesday morning August 22, 2017 at her home in Ranger. Services will be held 10 am Saturday, August 26th at the Mesquite & Rusk Church of Christ in Ranger, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. A visitation will be 6-8 pm Friday, August 25th at Edwards Funeral Home Ranger.

Margie was born to Clyde A. Mattes and Lela Belle Juby Mattes in San Francisco, CA on April 1, 1933. She was the oldest girl in a family of 5 girls and 2 boys. Her two brothers preceded her in death. Her four sister are still living.

Margie worked all her life in retail sales and was the owner for a time of the old Ranger Hill Truck Stop and the old Exxon Service Station (now Ranger Donuts).

Ms. Richards was preceded in death by husbands Thomas M. Fox Jr in 1975 and Joe F. Richards in 1991. She was also preceded in death by son Roger Rutledge in 1979, step-son Thomas M. Fox III in 2010, and daughter Reta Stowe in 2015.

Survivors include son, Darrell Fox and wife Trish; son, John “Buzzy” Rutledge and wife Barbara, and step-son, Billy Fox and wife Pam all of Ranger. Grandchildren include Roger Rutledge (Tracy) of Eastland; Jeff (Wendy), John (Shandy), and Ronny Rutledge of Ranger; Matt Fox (Chelsea) of Ranger; granddaughters, Kristen Fox of Ranger, Amanda Clark of Acton and Annette Doyle of Kearney, Missouri. She is also survived by a number of great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be made to the Ranger Fire Department.