Betty Lucille Thornton, age 79 of Louisville. Passed away Monday, September 26, 2022 at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville. She was born November 25, 1942 in Lebanon, Kentucky to the late Earl William Mattingly Sr. and Alice Bertha Spalding Mattingly. Ms. Thornton worked at Spring View Hospital in Lebanon for over 20 years as a lab technician. She was also a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her siblings, Mary Elizabeth Thompson, Alice Smith, Barbara Mattingly, George Mattingly, and Earl Mattingly Jr.

Survivors include her children, Lloyd (Lucille) Thornton Jr., Gerald Thornton, Nikki Thornton, and Chad Thornton; brothers, Joseph Mattingly, John Mattingly, William "Carl" Mattingly, and James "Richard" Mattingly; sisters, Mary Daugherty Belle, Edith (Mike) Headley, Nancy (Lance) Barnett, Amy Mattingly, and Catherine Mattingly; step-siblings, Caroline Dotson, Cornelia Belle, Ann Daugherty, and Darrell Dotson; special cousins, William and Dora Young, and Ada Abell Logan; special friends, Sonya Trigg Thornton, Barbara Warner, Martha Young, Charles "C-Lee" White, Alice Belle, Luceara Cross and Christina Barber; also surviving are 18 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

The family would like to thank all extended family and friends for their support during this difficult time of loss.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, October 03, 2022 at St. Augustine Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10:00 A.M. until time of Mass on Monday at St. Augustine Catholic Church.

Bosley Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.