David was born on January 19, 1929 in Shopville, KY to the late Boyd Bingham and Lora Simpson Bingham.  He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War where he received two Purple Hearts.  David was a long-time member of Pine Hill Baptist Church where he was a Sunday School Teacher for many years.  He loved farming and spending time with his family.  He enjoyed visiting the stockyards with his friends and was a Livestock Dealer from a very early age.  David was a member of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) for over fifty years.  He was a Director for KY Farm Bureau and KY Colonel. 

He is survived by his loving wife, Betty F. Sewell Bingham, whom he married on May 31, 1951 in Somerset, KY; one son, William David (Janet) Bingham of Dabney, KY; two brothers, Brent Bingham of Indianapolis, IN, and Bealer (Gwynn) Bingham of Indianapolis, IN; two sisters, Mary Akin of Somerset, KY and Karen (Cooper) Stogsdill of Shopville, KY; three grandchildren, Will (Courtney) Bingham, Melissa Mink Bradley (Robert Mounce) and Jamie Dale Mink; a grandson-in-law, Tyrone Stevenson; and six great grandchildren, James David Bradley, Robert Claude Bradley, John Wesley Bradley, David Elias Stevenson, Emma Lynn Bingham and Laramie Elizabeth Stevenson. 

Along with his parents he was preceded in death by one daughter, Joyce Christine Mink; one granddaughter, Chandrea Stevenson; four brothers, John Bingham, Fenley Bingham, Jim Bingham and Lee Bingham; and three sisters, Sarah Elizabeth Wright, Lena Gilbert and Dorothy Colyer.

Visitation will be on Monday, July 4, 2022 from 5:00pm until 8:00pm at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home. 

His funeral service will be held on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at 11:00am at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro. Don Branscum and Bro. Steve Meece officiating.  Burial will be at Pine Hill Cemetery.  Military Honors will be conducted by the American Legion Post #38 Honor Guard.  Pallbearers will be Will Bingham, Chris Bingham, Tyrone Stevenson, Eli Stevenson, Robert Bradley and Curtis Gilliland, Jr. and Honorary pallbearers will be Emma Lynn Bingham, Laramie Stevenson, John Bradley, James Bradley and Jamie Mink. 

The family requests expressions of sympathy be made to Pine Hill Cemetery Fund or Hospice of Lake Cumberland. 

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Lake Cumberland Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements for David Bingham.