Sarah Galloway Obituary

GALLOWAY, Sarah WINTER PARK, FLA. - Entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, December 21, 2004, Mrs. Sarah Bissell Galloway, 87, widow of the late Josey Key Galloway of Winter Park, Florida. Funeral services will be held at All Saints Episcopal Church, Winter Park at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 29, 2004. Burial will follow in the Palms Cemetery in Winter Park. Mrs. Galloway was born November 23, 1917, in Charleston, S.C., the daughter of William Carville Bissell and Frances Eugenia Mellichamp Bissell. She was a graduate of Memminger High School in Charleston, and of the College of Charleston's class of 1940. Mrs. Galloway lived in Winter Park for the past 60 years where her husband was the president of Winter Park Telephone Company. She was a long time and generous supporter of numerous Central Florida organizations and institutions, a few of which include Rollins College, The College of Charleston, Orlando Regional Healthcare Foundation, Winter Park Day Nursery, All Saints Episcopal Church, University of Florida, University of Central Florida, Habitat for Humanity, and the Winter Park Public Library. Mrs. Galloway and her husband were also generous supporters of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Mrs. Galloway was a member and supporter of the Orlando Country Club, Winter Park Service League, Winter Park Racket Club and a founding member of the Winter Park Day Nursery. Mrs. Galloway was predeceased by her parents, her husband, a sister Frances Bissell Blakeney of Charleston, S.C., two brothers, William Carville Bissell, Jr., and Walter Leroy Wooten, Jr., also of Charleston, S.C. She is survived by several nephews and nieces including Eugene DuBose Blakeney, III, Walter LeRoy Wooten, III, and Sarah Frances Wooten, all of Charleston, S.C. She is also survived by nieces Pauline Wooten Walker of Tybee Beach, Georgia, and Elizabeth Bissell Sottile of Las Vegas, Nevada. Also included among those who survive her are numerous grandnephews, grandnieces, and dear friends. Arrangements are by BALDIN-FAIRCHILD FUNERAL HOME OF WINTER PARK, FLA. It was Mrs. Galloway's request that memorials be made to Winter Park Day Nursery, 741 South Pennsylvania Ave., Winter Park, Fla. 32789. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.