Margaret Elizabeth Hoey (née Gardner; January 21, 1875 – February 13, 1942) was an American civic leader and political hostess who served as the First Lady of North Carolina from 1937 to 1941.

[1][2] Her father was a respected physician, prominent civic leader, and farmer who served in Company I of the 38th North Carolina Regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

[1] Her maternal great-great grandfather, George Blanton, was the common ancestor of many of the old families in Shelby including the Gardners, Youngs, and Webbs.

[1] In 1937, the Raleigh Times remarked, "North Carolina's new first lady, Mrs. Clyde Roark Hoey, graciously gay, witty and sympathetic, brings with her to the Executive Mansion a multiplicity of interests and experiences.

"[1] Hoey hosted many teas, receptions, and dinners at the executive mansion while serving as first lady and she often shared her duties with her daughter, Isabel, who lived with them.

The Charlotte Observer said in 1942 that Hoey ran "a plain, old-fashioned, homey household in which the humblest were heartily welcomed and quickly came to feel at ease in its congenial and affable fellowships.

[1][7] In 1940 she and her husband attended a launching ceremony for the USS North Carolina (BB-55) at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn where her daughter was serving as the ship's sponsor.