Sara Mattingly

Sara Mattingly obituary

Sara Mattingly

Sara Mattingly Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Fern Creek Funeral Home - Louisville on Oct. 4, 2025.

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Sara Bond Mattingly, 81, died Thursday, October 2, 2025.

She was born January 11, 1944 in Jackson, Mississippi, daughter of the late Lynnfield Redding and James Phillip "JP" Traweek. Sara was a graduate of Mississippi State University and a Methodist.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Miranda Lynnfield Grim; and grandson, Lucas Willem Grim.

Survivors include her beloved, Thomas "Gary" Mattingly; daughters, Mary "Lindsey" Beasley (Mike) and Mallory Lane Mattingly; grandchildren, Hunter James Grim, SarahJane Lynnfield Grim, Olivia Lyric Beasley, Liam Miles Greene and Evan Ray Mason; great granddaughter, Nova Haze Grim; and sister, Charlotte Anne Traweek.

Services are private.

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