KAHOKA, Mo. –– R.C. "Sonny" Duckworth, 70, of Kahoka, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, in University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics, Columbia, of complications following a heart attack on Friday evening.
He was born on Feb. 26, 1940, in Macon, Mo., the son of Ruby Cecil and Gladys Zelma Hall Duckworth.
He attended school in Macon. He completed his education while serving four years in the United States Air Force, including 19 months in Tripoli.
He was united in marriage to Glee Howell on Dec. 1, 1963, at First Baptist Church, Kahoka.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three sons, Ethan T. Duckworth on April 25, 2009, and two in infancy, Troy Scott and Terry Shawn Duckworth; a sister, Sarah Jane; and a brother-in-law, Warren Baker.
R.C. worked for the State of Missouri, Department of Corrections, at Moberly for more than 30 years. Following retirement, he drove trucks for Green Valley Seed, Dennis Frazier and Ferrell Gas and was a part-time bus driver for the Clark County R-1 School District. The past eight years he had driven a bus full time. He had been employed this past summer by Twin Lakes Golf Course.
He was born on Feb. 26, 1940, in Macon, Mo., the son of Ruby Cecil and Gladys Zelma Hall Duckworth.
He attended school in Macon. He completed his education while serving four years in the United States Air Force, including 19 months in Tripoli.
He was united in marriage to Glee Howell on Dec. 1, 1963, at First Baptist Church, Kahoka.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three sons, Ethan T. Duckworth on April 25, 2009, and two in infancy, Troy Scott and Terry Shawn Duckworth; a sister, Sarah Jane; and a brother-in-law, Warren Baker.
R.C. worked for the State of Missouri, Department of Corrections, at Moberly for more than 30 years. Following retirement, he drove trucks for Green Valley Seed, Dennis Frazier and Ferrell Gas and was a part-time bus driver for the Clark County R-1 School District. The past eight years he had driven a bus full time. He had been employed this past summer by Twin Lakes Golf Course.
KAHOKA, Mo. –– R.C. "Sonny" Duckworth, 70, of Kahoka, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, in University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics, Columbia, of complications following a heart attack on Friday evening.
He was born on Feb. 26, 1940, in Macon, Mo., the son of Ruby Cecil and Gladys Zelma Hall Duckworth.
He attended school in Macon. He completed his education while serving four years in the United States Air Force, including 19 months in Tripoli.
He was united in marriage to Glee Howell on Dec. 1, 1963, at First Baptist Church, Kahoka.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three sons, Ethan T. Duckworth on April 25, 2009, and two in infancy, Troy Scott and Terry Shawn Duckworth; a sister, Sarah Jane; and a brother-in-law, Warren Baker.
R.C. worked for the State of Missouri, Department of Corrections, at Moberly for more than 30 years. Following retirement, he drove trucks for Green Valley Seed, Dennis Frazier and Ferrell Gas and was a part-time bus driver for the Clark County R-1 School District. The past eight years he had driven a bus full time. He had been employed this past summer by Twin Lakes Golf Course.
He was born on Feb. 26, 1940, in Macon, Mo., the son of Ruby Cecil and Gladys Zelma Hall Duckworth.
He attended school in Macon. He completed his education while serving four years in the United States Air Force, including 19 months in Tripoli.
He was united in marriage to Glee Howell on Dec. 1, 1963, at First Baptist Church, Kahoka.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three sons, Ethan T. Duckworth on April 25, 2009, and two in infancy, Troy Scott and Terry Shawn Duckworth; a sister, Sarah Jane; and a brother-in-law, Warren Baker.
R.C. worked for the State of Missouri, Department of Corrections, at Moberly for more than 30 years. Following retirement, he drove trucks for Green Valley Seed, Dennis Frazier and Ferrell Gas and was a part-time bus driver for the Clark County R-1 School District. The past eight years he had driven a bus full time. He had been employed this past summer by Twin Lakes Golf Course.
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