Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....Mattingly, Bernard 2017 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dana Brown http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001067 October 31, 2017, 12:00 pm Burns Funeral Home Bernard Mattingly, 79, of Hardinsburg, formerly of Cloverport, passed away, Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at Hardinsburg Nursing and Rehabilitation in Hardinsburg. Bernard was born in Cloverport on June 29, 1938. At an early age, he was raised by his stepfather and mother, Roland (whom he considered his father) and Viola McManaway Smith. He was a minister at the Cloverport Church of Christ for many years. As a young man, he loved playing baseball and basketball and was considered a very talented athlete. After marrying his sweetheart, Tavia Dubree Mattingly they had three sons and a daughter. During the son’s formative years, he loved coaching them in baseball and when his grandchildren arrived he carried on the tradition and didn’t miss a game. He was an AVID UK fan, going to flea markets and one of his favorite past times was fishing. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Vera Kennedy; sister, Liona Turpin & Joyce King. Leaving behind to mourn his passing, but celebrating the full life that he lived is his sweetheart, Tavia Mattingly; sons, Mickey (Cheryl) Mattingly of Hardinsburg, Ronnie (Leila) Mattingly of Harned, Jeff (Tracy) Mattingly of Hardinsburg; brothers, Lawrence (Lougie) Smith of Hardinsburg, LeRoy Smith of Lewisport; sister, Rosetta Cravens of Owensboro; 8 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral service for Bernard will be 10:00 am, Saturday, July 15 at the Cloverport Funeral Chapel with Bro. Matthew Hart officiating. Burial will follow at Cloverport Cemetery. The family will receive friends and family from 4:00 – 8:00 pm Friday at Cloverport Funeral Home and from 8:00 am until service time at Cloverport Funeral Home Chapel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/m/mattingl7250gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/