Scott Duckworth of Fayetteville doted on his baby daughter, Kerrington Milan, family and friends say.

“He wanted her to be a star,” said Avivah Israel, Duckworth's mother-in-law.

But, thanks to a wrong-way driver, Duckworth won't be around to work for that dream. He died in a head-on crash last week, and family and friends have set up a trust fund for Kerrington.

Donations can be made at any SouthTrust Bank branch. Donors will receive receipts, said a bank spokesman, but should check with their advisors about tax deductibility.

More than 500 people attended memorial services for Duckworth at Fayetteville's Mowell Funeral Home. “I was just amazed at the outpouring,” said Israel. Mourners gave Duckworth a standing ovation. “I've never seen that at a funeral,” she said.

Describing her son-in-law as a quiet, unassuming person, she said his life was devoted to his family. “He devoted his quality time to his wife and baby,” she said, adding that Duckworth was a friend to all, often playing basketball with youths in his River's Edge neighborhood. A fork lift driver for Alliance Foods in Atlanta, Duckworth received an award from the American Red Cross several years ago after he saved the life of a drowning man.

He wasn't fond of talking about religion overmuch. “He didn't talk a lot about God, but he exemplified him in his ways,” she added.

For information on the Randolph Scott Duckworth trust fund, phone SouthTrust Bank, Pavilion branch.

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