Rita Carol Fulkerson, age 71, of Clarkson, passed away, Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown.

She was born August 6, 1952, in Louisville, to the late, Edward and Ona Mae Haycraft McFall. She was a homemaker and a loving mother and grandmother.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two daughters, Pamela Cottrell and Deborah Wilson and a sister, Linda Williams.

Rita is survived by a daughter, Teresa Carnes, a son, Kevin (Ashley) Nelson; her partner, Dudley Nelson; ten grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1 PM (CDT), Thursday, May 30, 2024, at Rogers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Clarkson Cemetery.

Visitation will be after 9 AM, Thursday at the funeral home.