In 1915, when Marie Meggs was born in the infinitesimal Texas town of Dexter, blacks were on everyone's radar as societal outcasts. Segregation reigned supreme in Meggs' hometown, yet even though she grew up among all the racial hatred, she was always accepting of different races and creeds. "I have always loved people, no matter black, yellow, white whatever."

When the church that Meggs had attended for many years moved further away, the grandmother of two, great-grandmother of four and great-great grandmother of two had to find another church that could fuel her soul the way the previous one had managed to do. Sure, Meggs could have attended all-white churches that were nearby, but she opted to give Christ the Cornerstone, a Baptist church in DeSoto, a try.

The nonagenarian had known the pastor's wife and a few other members of the church. What drew her to want to join Christ the Cornerstone's congregation back in 2006, though?

"When they love the Lord, they love the Lord," Meggs says emphatically.

Although Meggs is only one of two white church members among a total congregation of 75 families, she is held in the highest regard. The elderly woman claims she has never been treated any differently nor was she ever shunned: "They just took me in like I was one of them," Meggs says. "It didn't make any difference if I was white. They thought as much of me as they did their own people, and they treated me as such. They just loved me."

Meggs is so loved by the congregation that this month the church is naming its new fellowship hall after her.

Pastor Otis Adams (pictured above with his wife, Ann) told Aol. Black Voices, "Having Mother Marie Meggs in our church is having a combination of wisdom, practice of faith and a committed example all rolled into one sweet kind person. It is not simply the wisdom of 94 years on this earth but many years of Godly wisdom. Mother Marie demonstrates to us how to combine God's precepts and the practicality of applying them to your daily life. She also is a perfect example of a faith commitment to her God and her Church."

According to Pastor Adams, Meggs is the most active member on the church's roster. He enthuses, "She still drives, and never misses worship services, bible study or Sunday School. She always is committed to help us in any way she can and even desires to do more. I always inform her that at 94 her presence speaks volume to us." Meggs energizes herself by actively participating in women's conferences, baking goods, sewing costumes for pageants and even rolling up her sleeves to actively recruit new members and do fund-raising. Efforts like these can easily fatigue younger people.

Every Sunday, Meggs drives herself to church and arrives 30 minutes before the service begins. Since she walks with the aid of a cane, an usher immediately opens her car door, another carries her Bible and yet another sticks out their arm to help escort her in to the church. Service with a smile, they all are only too happy to help the church's "mother." The church members are like Meggs' extended family, who have been there for her through good and bad.

When Meg lost her only child, the entire congregation showed up at the funeral, side-by-side with her white family members.

The members also make sure Meggs leaves the church every week with several prepared meals, so she never goes hungry. On occasion, her own family members have even joined her church family members in celebration and are supportive of her decision to remain there.

Fellowship is what keeps the congregation strong, it drives them to support one another. "I believe that in these tumultuous times people can learn from the way we fellowship--the value of truly loving one another as Christ loved us. When Christ voluntarily died on the cross it was because God so loved the world, not any one race over the other. If it is anything we hope people can learn from this experience is that as believers in Christ, we are commanded by God to love one another as he has loved us," says Pastor Adams.

So this upcoming weekend, Christ the Cornerstone will celebrate its fifth anniversary by honoring Meggs with the newly named Marie Meggs Fellowship Hall.

Is there any doubt in Meggs mind how much she is loved by her church family?

"It surprised me so much, I can't begin to tell," Meggs says. "Only God knows how much I love those people."