Photo courtesy of Mattingly Funeral Home - Loretto
Mar 18, 1955 - Mar 29, 2025
David thank you for being my future father-in-law I'm going to miss you, you are not suffering any more I'm going to miss talking to you and playing rummy, rip love you.
Gary Curtis
April 12, 2025 | Bardstown, KY | Family
You will be missed David, thank you for being a father figure in my life and giving me life lessons ❤
Kim and Justin Hatfield
April 01, 2025 | Nicholasville, KY | Family
David was a good friend, he will be missed.
Peggy Downs
March 31, 2025 | New Haven, KY | Friend
You have our sympathies.
Junie, Carolyn and Alan Mattingly of Mattingly Funeral Home
March 31, 2025 | Loretto, KY
Joseph David Bickett, age 70 of Saint Francis, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Signature Healthcare Colonial in Bardstown. He was born March 18, 1955 in Marion County. He formerly worked for North American Pipe Company in Springfield. He was a member of Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church. He enjoyed watching UK games and helping with Ruley Santa Claus Land.
He was preceded in death by one son, Joseph Christopher Mattingly; his parents, Joseph Eugene and Catherine Leora Mattingly Bickett; two brothers, William Arnold and Richard Lee “Porky” Bickett.
Survivors include three children, Terri Lynn Sester (Gary Curtis) of Bardstown, Amanda Bickett of Bradfordsville, and Jonathan Bickett (Kirsten) of Saint Mary’s; four grandchildren, Cameron and Kaylee Mattingly and John and Jamy Bickett; one great grandson, Kayden; two sisters, Cathy Thompson (Harold) of Raywick and Ruthie Bickett of Hodgenville; one brother, Jerry “Spencer” Bickett (Rebecca) of New Hope.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 am Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 108 Main Street, Raywick. Very Rev. Scott J. Wimsett, V.F. will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The visitation is 4-8 pm Tuesday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto, with a prayer service at 7 pm by Rev. Deacon Joseph R. Dant.
Pallbearers are Jonathan Bickett, John Bickett, Cameron Mattingly, Neal Hardesty, Israel LaRue, and Zane Hardesty; Honorary Pallbearers are Steve Metcalf and Amanda Bickett.
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