William H. "Bill" Mattingly

1930 - 2015

William H. "Bill" Mattingly, age 84, Pawhuska, retired Associate District Judge of Osage County, and practicing attorney in Pawhuska, died on April 15, 2015 in the Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. A lifelong resident of Pawhuska, he was born June 20, 1930, the son of the late Judge e. H. Mattingly and Opal Lee Mattingly. He is survived by his wife, Stanlee Ann, and his son, David Redcorn Mattingly.
He graduated from high school at Pembroke Country-Day School in Kansas City, Missouri in 1948, attended Oklahoma University, graduating in 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, during which time he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, then served 2 years active duty in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and was in the Active Army Reserve for 12 moe years.
After military service, he graduated from the OU College of Law in 1958, where he was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity. He practiced law in Hominy in the Holt and Mattingly firm, was Assistant County Attorney and County Attorney for Osage County, District Attorney and Assistant District Attorney in Osage and Pawnee Counties for 26 years. In 1982, he was selected Most Outstanding Assistant district Attorney for the State of Oklahoma by the Oklahoma District Attorney Association. In 2008, he received a Certificate of Recognition from the Oklahoma Bar Association for more than fifty years in the Association.
He practiced law in the Kane, Kane, Wilson and Mattingly Law Firm in Pawhuska from 1969 to 1986, when he was appointed Special District Judge of Osage County until August 9, 1989, when Governor Henry Bellmon appointed him Associate District Judge of Osage County, a position he held until January 1, 2003, after he chose not to file for the office and to retire from the bench. He then practiced in the Kane Law Offices, the Harvey Payne Law Office and his office in the First National Bank Building in Pawhuska. He was a lifelong member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Pawhuska, serving as Acolyte, Sunday School teacher, Vestry member and Layreader.
The funeral service will be held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 817 Leahy, Pawhuska, at 10:00 AM on Monday, April 20, 2015, under the direction of McCartney's Johnson Funeral Home of Pawhuska. (918-287-2297)