Rita Duckworth

Rita Duckworth, 68, of Morganton, NC went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care. She was born on February 7, 1950 in Burke County to the late Stanley Minick Duckworth and Mildred Webb Duckworth. Rita was a member of Conley Road Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was a homemaker and loved to help people. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Christopher Scott Pearson; brother, Larry Duckworth; sisters, Kay Baldridge, Patricia Piercy, and Janice Duckworth.

She is survived by her son, Todd Pearson and wife, Kelly of Morganton; daughters, Connie Lawson and husband, Keith and Janice Maynard, all of Morganton; brothers and sisters, Sherry Parlier, Buster Duckworth, Betty Kerley, Barbara Gragg, Tony Duckworth and Jackie Evans; eleven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 1-2pm, Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Conley Road Pentecostal Holiness Church. The service will be at 2:00pm in the church with the Rev. Kenneth Milam officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. To assist with funeral expenses, memorial contributions may be made to Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center, PO Box 2608, Morganton, NC 28680. At other times, the family will be at the home of Connie Lawson.