Mary Helen "Nellie" Smith Mattingly, age 95, of Sunrise Manor Nursing Home, Hodgenville, passed away Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown.

Born August 20, 1916 in Springfield, she was a former homemaker and employee of Makers Mark Distillery. She was an avid quilter and member of Saint Rose Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Bernard and Abigail Carrico Smith, her husband Charles H. Mattingly, seven brothers, Gilbert, Tommy, Bernard, Roscoe, infant Richard Matthew, Robert and Ivo Smith, three sisters, Vinie Hamilton, Mary Theresa Miles and Belle Bartley and one great-grandson, Daniel James Fleming.

She is survived by a daughter, Connie (Dan) Thompson of Hodgenville, three grandchildren, Dana (David) Fleming, Jennifer Tennyson and Matthew Thompson, seven great-grandchildren, Brett, Bridget, Ethan and Eli Fleming, Abigail and Samuel Williamson and Rachel Thompson, one brother, Louis Smith of Springfield, one sister, Retha Vize of Louisville and several nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 AM Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Fredericktown. Rev. Kevin A. McGrath, O.P. will be the celebrant. Interment will follow in Saint Rose Cemetery, Springfield.

Visiting 3-8 PM Monday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto with a prayer service at 7 PM Monday.

Pallbearers will be Larry Hamilton, Bobby Smith, Terry Smith, Leon Smith, Matthew Thompson and William R. Smith.

Memorial Donations may go toward burial expenses.