Margarete Oliphant

What I must do is leave now, I can’t stay, I must accept the will of God and the wonderful life he gave me. I had ninety –five good years, I couldn't ask for more. What did I do to deserve ninety-five years? I am truly a miracle, I had no right to a single minute. Some are given a single hour and yet, I have had ninety-five years, I could not have asked for more. Praise God, he is good!

Margarete Oliphant was born on June 9, 1920 in Marshal, Texas, to the parents of Frank Sturges and Ardelia Horton Sturges. Her father and mother precede her in death. Margarete Oliphant attended Central High School in Marshall, Texas and graduated with honors. She married Willie Brown and from that union three children were born, Patsy Brown (Irby), Raymond Brown (Deceased) and Willie Brown Jr. Upon divorce, she remarried to Herman Smith (deceased). To this union, three children were born, David Donald Smith, Darlene Marie Smith (Sanders) and Kenneth M. Ronald Smith (Deceased). Margarete, remarried to Calvin Oliphant and to this union one child was born, Sheila Rae Oliphant.

She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at the age of ninety and served faithfully under the pastorialship of her daughter, Darlene Marie Sanders.

She is survived by her children Patsy Irby, Willie Brown Jr., David Donald Smith, Pastor Darlene Maria Sanders, Sheila Rae Oliphant and a host of relatives, grandchildren, great grandchildren, cousins, nieces, nephews and many family and friends.