Marjorie Lee McVey Lobban, 88, of Alderson, WV, was the daughter of H. Rodgers McVey and Gretis Lee Roles McVey. She graduated Alderson High School as the salutatorian of the class of 1947, and later graduated magna cum laude from West Virginia Institute of Technology in Montgomery, WV, with a bachelor's degree in business education and a minor in home economics education. She completed her master's degree at Marshall University and taught for 40 years in various schools, including Greenbrier East High School, Alderson High School, Rupert High School, Greenbrier College for Women, and Albemarle High School. She joined her husband and father-in-law in running the family's furniture store, F. G. Lobban Furniture Company. She was a member and elder of the Alderson Presbyterian Church and a member of the Friends of the Alderson Library and the Alderson Mother's Club. She was a charter member of the Alderson Community Center for the Arts and Humanities and a passionate member of the Alderson Fourth of July Committee. She and fellow Alderson High classmate, Clara Hardesty, chaired the Alderson homecoming banquet for many years.She loved to garden and teach; and was an expert seamstress, cook, and homemaker. She was a devoted caregiver for both of her husbands through long illnesses. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her second husband of 58 years, the Honorable Charles M. Lobban; her first husband of two years, Ed McFerrin; and her two brothers, Howard R. McVey and Dr. James H. McVey. She is survived by her four children, Lizabeth Lobban Rogers, Charles M. Lobban Jr., Dr. John H. Lobban, and Lori Lobban Anderson.
Marjorie Lee McVey Lobban, 88, of Alderson, WV, was the daughter of H. Rodgers McVey and Gretis Lee Roles McVey. She graduated Alderson High School as the salutatorian of the class of 1947, and later graduated magna cum laude from West Virginia Institute of Technology in Montgomery, WV, with a bachelor's degree in business education and a minor in home economics education. She completed her master's degree at Marshall University and taught for 40 years in various schools, including Greenbrier East High School, Alderson High School, Rupert High School, Greenbrier College for Women, and Albemarle High School. She joined her husband and father-in-law in running the family's furniture store, F. G. Lobban Furniture Company. She was a member and elder of the Alderson Presbyterian Church and a member of the Friends of the Alderson Library and the Alderson Mother's Club. She was a charter member of the Alderson Community Center for the Arts and Humanities and a passionate member of the Alderson Fourth of July Committee. She and fellow Alderson High classmate, Clara Hardesty, chaired the Alderson homecoming banquet for many years.She loved to garden and teach; and was an expert seamstress, cook, and homemaker. She was a devoted caregiver for both of her husbands through long illnesses. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her second husband of 58 years, the Honorable Charles M. Lobban; her first husband of two years, Ed McFerrin; and her two brothers, Howard R. McVey and Dr. James H. McVey. She is survived by her four children, Lizabeth Lobban Rogers, Charles M. Lobban Jr., Dr. John H. Lobban, and Lori Lobban Anderson.
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