Maudie Elease Duckworth

Mrs. Maudie Elease Duckworth, age 93 of Gainesville, passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness.

Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.  Pastor Jeff Lovell and Pastor Loy Roper will officiate.  The family will receive friends on Friday, May 3, 2019 from 2 – 4 pm and 6 – 8 pm at the funeral home.

Mrs. Duckworth was born September 29, 1925 in Cleveland, Georgia to the late George Dyer and Ida Mae Crumley Dyer.  She was retired from Warren Featherbone and was a member of Dewberry Baptist Church #2.  Maudie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 66 years, A. C. Duckworth, Jr., her daughter, Bernice Duckworth, her son, Carlton Duckworth, her 3 sisters and her 4 brothers.

Mrs. Duckworth is survived by her 4 daughters, Arlene (Richard) Schroeder, Carolyn (Richard) Thomas, Glinda (Frank) Harben and Linda Puckett and companion, ( Mike Long), all of Gainesville, daughter-in-law, Judy Duckworth of Gainesville,  10 grandchildren, Stacey (Lisa) Duckworth, Tami Micallef, Brandy (Dennis) Jalbert, Terri Schroeder (Mike Homant), Cara (Michael) Whiting, Lera Harben, Sheena (Cade) Patterson, Paige (Brendan) Cosgrove, Holly Puckett and Daniel Harben, 12 great-grandchildren, brother-in-law, Doyle Collins of Gainesville, sisters-in-law, Wilonell Dyer and Opie Dyer, both of Blairsville and several nieces and nephews.

Special thanks to Bell Minor and Northeast Georgia Hospice Care.

Memorial Park Funeral Home, 2030 Memorial Park Road, Gainesville, GA  30504 is in charge of arrangements.

Send online condolences to www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com.