Obituary: Elizabeth ‘Inez’ Donahue Mattingly, 78
Elizabeth “Inez” Donahue Mattingly, 78, died Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, to be reunited with her Heavenly Father. She was a member of the Catholic faith and an active member of St. Vincent de Paul Church in New Hope. She was a retired Nelson County school bus driver with 34 years of service. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was born April 11, 1941, to the late Corinne and Floyd Nalley of New Hope.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by first husband, Nick Donahue; her second husband, Jimmy Mattingly; one son, Jeff Donahue; three sisters, Marie Nalley, Geraldine Nalley, and Jeanette Nalley Rankhorn; three brothers, Paul Nalley, Jimmy Nalley, and Gerald Nalley; two grandchildren, Zachary Donahue and Nicholas Donahue; and one great-granddaughter, Gracie Royalty.
She is survived by four daughters, Sherri (Brian) Matherly of Elizabethtown, Jan St. Clair of Bardstown, Laura (Dennis) Evans of Hodgenville, and Pam (Michael) Jones of Paris; three sons Tommy Donahue of Bardstown, Eddie (Jodie) Donahue of Harrodsburg, Kenny Donahue of New Haven; one daughter-in-law, Kelly Donahue; 20 grandchildren, Karen Pike, Michael Burton, Emilee and Lacee Donahue, Danielle Royalty, Will and Katie Matherly, Amanda Shanks, Christopher St. Clair, Morgan, Jordan and Erin Donahue, Michael McLaughlin, Heather McLaughlin, Adam Donahue, Allison and Haley Evans, Kristin Wolf, Justin Downs and Joshua Hughes; 14 great-grandchildren, Cora, Cole, Cameron, Mikee, Bailey, Presley, Caleb, Brooklynn, Noah, Aria, Carleigh, Landon, Harmony, and Elsie Jo; two great-great grandchildren, Maggie & Tommy; siblings Lucille (Wayne) Raisor, Lennie (Leola) Nalley, Christine (Tom) Hagan, Dean (Lenore) Nalley, and Georgie O’Bryan; sister-in-law Brenda Nalley and brother-in-law David Rankhorn; many nieces and nephews; stepchildren, Sheila Stein (Walter) and Joe Mattingly (Pam); step-grandchildren, Charles, Ashley, Jenny, Julie, Joann, Allison, Jarred, Brandon and Heather.
The Mass of Christian Burial is 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 104 Church Street, New Hope with the Rev. Ken Fortener and the Rev. Matthew Hardesty officiating. Burial is in the church cemetery.
Visitation is 3-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, at Mattingly Funeral Home with a 7 p.m. prayer service.
Pallbearers are Michael Burton, Michael McLaughlin, Jared Mattingly, Josh Hughes, Adam Donahue and David O’Bryan.
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