Delphia Duckworth, daughter of the late James W. Trotter and Nora Ethel Tennison was born on August 30, 1912 in Hamilton County, Illinois and departed this life on May 9, 2011 at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 98 years.

Mrs. Duckworth was a housewife, a member of the New Hope General Baptist Church in Essex, Missouri, and a resident of rural Essex.

On December 18, 1929 she was united in marriage to Royal Duckworth in Bloomfield, Missouri. Mr. Duckworth preceded her in death on February 3, 1990.

Survivors include one daughter, Juanita E. Hicks of Essex; three sons, Darrell G. Duckworth and Clinton Duckworth both of Dexter, and Carroll D. Duckworth of Essex, Missouri; by two sisters, Lucille Henson of Bloomfield, Missouri and Barbara Lou Shipman of Fairdealing, Missouri; also by nineteen grandchildren, thirty-three great-grandchildren, and ten great-great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, Dale Duckworth and Donald Duckworth; one daughter, Ethel Bell; one brother, Dick Trotter; two sisters, Eva Wheeler and Dorothy Rogers; also by two grandchildren, Ruth Ann Jowers and Denise Bell; and by one great-grandson, Jared Gibson.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 12:30 until 2 p.m., Friday May 13, 2011. Funeral services will then be conducted at 2 p.m.,. on Friday May 13, 2011 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Rev. James Hook officiating. Interment will follow in the Essex Cemetery in Essex, Missouri.