Rita Jo Halford, daughter of Charles Stanfield of Canal Winchester, Ohio and the late Velda Workman Anderson, was born on October 20, 1948 in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on April 17, 2016 at Golden Living Center in Dexter at the age of 67.

Mrs. Halford was a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Dexter.  She enjoyed singing in quartets and played piano for several area churches.  She was a farm wife in the Bell City area for many years. 

On April 19, 1968, she was united in marriage to Norman Halford in Oran, Missouri.  Mr. Halford preceded her in death on July 22, 2004.

In addition to her father Charles Stanfield and his wife Linda, she is survived by one son, Bradley Dwight Halford and his wife Norma of Oran, Missouri, by one brother, David Stanfield of Franklin, Tennessee; by five sisters, Karen Tucker of Olatha, Kansas, Lori Reynolds of Canal Winchester, Ohio, Allison Hiser of Pickerington, Ohio, Charlotte Harris of Sulfur, Louisiana and Cindy Champion of Waterloo, Illinois; by her step-father, Bill Anderson of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; by three grandchildren, Marcus Flacy, Trey Anderson and Zach Anderson; and by one great-grandchild, Kurt Allen Flacy.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 from 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Shane Mallard officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery.