BIG SPRING, Ky. — Gayle Clifton Mattox, 85, of Big Spring, passed away at home on Aug. 10, 2021.
He was born on April 16, 1936, in Fordsville, Kentucky, son of the late John Wesley and Joyce Leone Myers Mattox.
Gayle was raised in Whitesville, Kentucky; traveled the USA with his pipeline job; moved to Colorado and back to Kentucky; became a Mason; worked for GE, Schwadders, and as a truck driver, before becoming a heavy equipment operator for the pipeline. He loved farming; he raised cattle, hogs, and goats. He was an avid rock hound and made both jewelry and wooden furniture that he loved to bestow on people he loved. He loved fishing and frying them up, playing his guitar, and could sing fairly well.
Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Ann Lutz Mattox; sister, Jonnine Watkins; and brother, Gary Mattox.
He is survived by his children, Pam Brecheisen, of Irvington, Kentucky, Tonja (Larry) Hall, of Big Spring, Scott (Vickie) Johnson, of Oklahoma, LaBrenda (Tim) Phelps, of Shrewsbury, Kentucky, and Valerie Yates, of Irvington; sister, Sharon Mattox, of Whitesville; brother, Loyle Mattox, of Reynolds Station, Kentucky; and nine grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren, four nieces, and two nephews.
Visitation will be held on Friday, Aug. 13, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. (EDT) at the Alexander Funeral Home in Irvington.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Aug. 13, at 3 p.m. (EDT) at the Alexander Funeral Home in Irvington with Bro. Tim Lucas officiating. Burial will be in the Mattox Family Cemetery at a later time.