Connie Brown Galloway

Mrs. Galloway was born in Blairsville, Georgia to the late Henry Brown and Collesta Thomason Brown. She was retired from Firestone Mills and a member of Love Memorial Baptist Church for over 40 years.

In addition to her parents, Connie was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Freeman Galloway; sons Harold Ken Galloway and James Willis Galloway; daughter in law Barbara Wilson Galloway and grandson Kenneth Todd Galloway. She was also preceded in death by three sisters; Cleo Hooper, Ellen Collins and Ruby Sexton and eight brothers; Elbert, Lewis, Paul, Harmon, Emory, Clayton, Barney and Homer Brown.

Connie’s greatest passion was her family. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother. Mrs. Galloway will be lovingly remembered by many, but her family will miss her most of all.

Her primary caregivers in her later years were her son, William Galloway, sister in law June Galloway and June’s son Michael Galloway and daughter Sherry Essary.

Ethel Self of Columbia, South Carolina and Frankie Dunaway of Rome Georgia are her two surviving sisters. Other survivors include daughter in law June Galloway of Gastonia, brother in law Larry Self of Columbia, South Carolina and sister in law Madileen Brown of Rockmart, Georgia; three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren as well as numerous nieces and nephews also survive her.

Funeral Services are scheduled for Thursday July 28, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. at Carothers Funeral Home in Gastonia. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Reverend Mike Criswell will officiate and offer words of comfort to the family. Interment will follow at Gaston Memorial Park - Garden of Prayer.

Deacons and members of Love Memorial Baptist Church will serve as pallbearers.

Memorial donations may be made to Love Memorial Baptist Church, 311 East Walnut Avenue, Gastonia North Carolina 28054 or Gaston Hospice, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia, North Carolina 28054.

The staff of Carothers Funeral Home at Gaston Memorial Park is honored to serve the Galloway family.