Barbara Jo Gallman

Barbara Jo Gallman obituary

Barbara Jo Gallman

Barbara Gallman Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Shawn Chapman Funeral Home - Chatsworth on Sep. 5, 2025.

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Barbara Jo Gallman, age 81, passed away Thursday, September 4, 2025, surrounded by her loved ones.
She is preceded in death by her parents, James Robert and Margaret Ella Goley, brothers, Dee, Troy, Ed, and Harold Goley; sisters, Martha Quinn, and Glenda Goley.
She is survived by her husband, Roy Gallman, of 63 years; daughter and son-in-law, Lynn and Tony DeFoor; grandchildren, Jantzen and Hannah DeFoor, and Ransley and Jackson Sheppard; sister Betty Ridley; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins also survive.
A service to honor the life of Barbara Jo Gallman will be 2:30 pm on Sunday, September 7, 2025, in the Chapel of Shawn Chapman Funeral Home with Rev. Carson Scarbough officiating and Darlene Johnson speaking. The family will be receiving friends at the funeral home from 12 pm to 2:30 pm on Sunday, September 7, 2025. Interment will be at Fairy Valley Cemetery.
Arrangements are made with integrity by Shawn Chapman Funeral, Crematory, and Monuments.

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