Rita Ann Mckinney of Columbus, OH passed away suddenly on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Rita was born in Mansfield Ohio to Paulette Matthews in 1966. She attended Mansfield city schools and graduated from Mansfield Senior high. She worked in a wide variety of jobs before spending the last decade of her career, being self employed as an interior decorator, which she’d always had a passion for.
Hi, Rita, really enjoyed the great outdoors. She also was a great dog lover adopting boss, Mckinney, who gave her tremendous joy. She had a passion for cooking and loved to sing. She really had a beautiful voice. Most of all Rita enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She loved them so.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Robert and Ethel Matthews and her grandson, Rycheous Mckinney. She is survived by her mother, Paulette Matthews of Mansfield, Ohio; her beloved children, Omar Mckinney, and Denzel, Mckinney of Columbus, Ohio; nine grandchildren; her siblings, Jeanette Mckinney of Columbus, Ohio; Marlo graves of Mansfield, Ohio; and Robert Westerfield, of Richardson, Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Family and friends will always remember Rita for her fun and gentle nature as well as her sensitive spirit her smile lit up the hearts of the many who loved her!
The family will have a memorial service and repast to celebrate Rita’s life on Saturday, April 22, 2023 from 10 AM until 12 PM at higher ground always abounding church 870 Saint Clair Ave., Columbus, OH 43201
Funeral home : Higher Ground Always Abounding Church
