Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan Richardson, lovingly known as” Ms. Lib” the blessed age of 99 was born in Anson County, North Carolina on July 28, 1923, the first of eleven children born to James William Duncan Sr. and Beulah Cash Duncan and on November 24, 2022, God called our Mother and Grandmother home to rest in his Loving arms surrounded by her family.
Elizabeth was educated in the Anson County School System and was a homemaker. She was a former member of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in Wadesboro, NC and later years a Member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church-Thomasville, NC.
She was a pillar in her community and her relationship with God allowed her to touch so many. Throughout the years, countless people have approached her children to express how they had grown to love her like a mother. All who knew her, no matter how brief the time, found warmth in her beautiful smile. She was a great friend, a natural counselor, confidante, and encourager. She had a love for gardening, planting different variety of flowers and fruit trees around her home and enjoyed quilting and doing ceramics during her spare time. As we go about honoring her life, may we continue to reflect on how she served and loved her family and the Lord.
In the late 1930’s she married her loving husband, Leroy Richardson, Sr. and they were blessed with nine children: Leroy Jr., Thomas, Leslie, Anita, Arthur, Brenda, Sylvan, Queen and Janice.
Elizabeth Richardson was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Leroy Richardson Sr., Parents, James and Beulah Duncan; two daughters, Leslie Leake and Brenda Richardson; four sons, Leroy Richardson Jr., Thomas Richardson, Arthur Richardson, and Slyvan Richardson; three sisters, Ms. Beulah Mae Duncan, Mrs. Betty D. Smith, and Mrs. Virginia Allen; three brothers, William T. Duncan, Thomas Duncan and Joe Louis Duncan.
She leaves to cherish her LEGACY very devoted daughters, Mrs. Anita Dixson, Mrs. Queen (Sidney) Streater, and Ms. Janice Richardson; one son-in-law, Mr. John Leake; loving sisters, Mrs. Frances Leak, Mrs. Edna Gordon, and Mrs. Emma (George) Smith; one brother, Mr. Amos (Margaret) Duncan; twenty-four grandchildren, thirty-two great grandchildren and ten great-great children; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and loving friends.
The Services to Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Mother Richardson will be on Friday, December 2, 2022, 1:00pm, in the Chapel of Smith's Funeral Home, 604 Salisbury Street, Wadesboro, North Carolina. Interment will be in Westview Memorial Park, Highway 74-West, Wadesboro, North Carolina.
The Richardson Family will greet family and friends on Friday, December 2, 2022 from 12:30-1:00pm.
The public viewing will be on Thursday, December 1, 2022 from 3:00-5:00pm at Smith's Funeral Home.
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