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1936
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2024
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Gary Galloway Obituary
April 29, 1936 - April 25, 2024
Charleston, South Carolina - Gary Eugene Galloway, of Charleston, S.C., died April 25, four days shy of his 88th birthday.
He will be interred during a private family service at Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner on June 8.
Gary was an award-winning columnist at The Post -Tribune in Northwest Indiana for 16 years, and a newspaper reporter for years there and elsewhere. Born in Battle Creek, Michigan, he was a former U.S. Army paratrooper and a motorcycle enthusiast who loved meeting new people on the open road.
A former Myrtle Beach resident, Gary is survived by his wife Paula Lynn Ellis, a retired South Carolina newspaper publisher and editor, son, David (Erica) Galloway; daughters, Teresa (Jeff) Kopil, Susan (Rick) Hollaway, Nancy (Don) Engel, 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; brother David (Marilyn) and sister Mary Catherine (Ron) Davis.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Harold Galloway and Ethel Larson, and sister Nancy Hedstrom.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, FL. where a fund has been created to support crusading journalists like him.
Obituaries can be found at:
https://www.charlestoncremationcenter.com/obituary/gary-galloway
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/29/former-post-tribune-columnist-gary-galloway-dies-at-age-87/
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