Rita Mattingly Cecil, age 90 of Lebanon, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Summit Manor Nursing Home in Columbia.

She was born December 31, 1927 in New Hope to the late Joseph William and Mary Cleophas Wells Miles. She was a former employee of Jim Beam Distillery, the old Dant Distillery and Gethsemani Farms.

She was preceded in death by five sons, Stevie Mattingly (Diane) & Tony Mattingly, infant Robert Edwin Mattingly and infant siamese twins, William Patrick and Raymond Dominick Mattingly; four brothers, Billy, Francis Gerald, Benjamin Carroll and Jody Miles.

Survivors include five daughters, Laura Rita Benningfield of Stringtown, Kathy Vaughn (Craig) of Oglethorpe, Georgia, Joyce Mattingly of Campbellsville, Alicia Biven of Lebanon and Helen Jones (Lowel) of Campbellsville; two sons, Donnie Mattingly (Brenda) of New Hope, Tom Mattingly of Loretto; a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren; one brother, Bobby Miles of Loretto.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 AM Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 104 Church Street, New Hope. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation is 4-8 PM Tuesday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto, with a prayer service at 7 PM.

Memorials may go to Mass of the Air, 508 Breckenridge Lane, Louisville, KY 40207.

Pallbearers are her grandsons, Donnie Mattingly, Pat Mattingly, Jessie Mattingly, T. J. Mattingly, Billy Newton, Ronald Hayden, Michael Stephen Brady, Bobby Burke, Jr., Timmy Dale Mattingly, Dylan Newton.