Where I’m Coming From
Compiled by Forrest Preece
Marsha Mayfield Lockett - Board member of numerous non-profits, business owner
- What’s something about you that not many people know?
I received an Emmy for the television broadcast of a human-interest story.
- What was your first job?
Lifeguarding at the city pool in Cleburne, Texas.
- If you could have dinner with three people – dead or alive, at any time in history—who would they be?
Mom, Dad (survivor of the Battle of the Bulge), and Grandmother……..now there’s a party!
- If you had to pick three musicians for a playlist, who would they be?
Wynonna, Chris Tomlin, Lyle Lovett and Justin Timberlake
- Favorite book and TV show?
Lonesome Dove. “The only healthy way to live life is to learn to like all the little everyday things.” -- August McCrae
- Most powerful movie you have seen?
Places in the Heart. A story of forgiveness and redemption that takes place in 1935 rural Texas.
- Favorite place in Austin?
My home. Austin Fence and Deck (shameless plug), Alamo Glass (2nd shameless plug)
- Favorite restaurant and watering hole
Eat local. Buy local.
- What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Professional golfer.
- What makes you happy?
In my opinion, happiness is temporary. Joy runs deep. My faith brings me joy, watching my children parent their children with loving parental skills, and the way my husband looks at me when I say something outrageous. Also, I run with a posse of confident, loyal, and selfless friends. I’m a lucky girl.
- Best advice you ever received?
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Love your neighbor as yourself.” Mark 12:30-31
