Wanda Rose Newton, age 74 of Holy Cross, passed away Thursday, August 19, 2021, at Cedars of Lebanon Nursing Home from complications of an auto accident. She was born August 6, 1947, in Washington County. She was a retired Director of the Nelson County Child Development Center and member of Holy Cross Church. She was a proud grandmother and loved her large extended family.

Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Howard Newton (2001); one infant daughter, Theresa Marie Newton; her parents, Joseph Adrian and Mary Cecilia Elder Mattingly; two sisters, Shirley Banta and Betty Jean Cambron.

Survivors include two daughters, Karen Ann Simpson (Greg) of Owensboro and Susan Elizabeth Boone (George) of Lyons Station; two sons, J. Howard Newton (Barbara Jean McDonald) of Holy Cross and Jody Newton (Becky Cecil) of Holy Cross; nine grandchildren, Michael Fogle (Brooke), Kevin Fogle, Kristen Boone, Katelyn Boone, Ellie Newton, Thomas Boone, Camden Newton, Keegan Newton and Lanie Newton; two great-grandsons, Easton and Rowan; two sisters, Pat Miles of Louisville and Jane Wheatley of Bardstown; five brothers, Tom Mattingly of Louisville, J. W. and Ricky Mattingly, both of Bardstown, Ronnie Mattingly of Springfield and John Mattingly of Lexington.

Funeral Services will be held at 10 am Monday, August 23, 2021, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 59 New Haven Road, Loretto. Rev. Deacon Joseph R. Dant will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation is 3-8 pm Sunday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto, with prayer service at 7 pm.

Pallbearers are Michael Fogle, Kevin Fogle, Thomas Boone, Mark Cambron, Chad Mattingly and Jamie Newton; Honorary Pallbearers are Camden Newton and Keegan Newton.