Prebble Thigpen Galloway

View Funeral Webcast Prebble Thigpen Galloway, 60, well-known community activist and owner-operator of Galloway Business Services, died Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at her residence on Ernest Hawkins Road in the Santa Fe Community. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Terry Peery and Judge Bobby Sands officiating. Burial will follow in Knob Creek Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Friday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hope House, P. O. Box 1961, Columbia 38402 or West Point Cumberland Presbyterian Church, c/o Ann Campbell, 1067 Bear Creek Pike, Columbia 38401. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. Born in Lawrence County she was a graduate of Lawrence County High School and attended Columbia State Community College, majoring in accounting and business. She worked as an accountant for several companies early in her career and eventually opened Galloway Business Services, providing accounting service to clients in Tennessee and Alabama. Mrs. Galloway served Columbia, Maury County, and Tennessee in many ways through activities in civic, charitable, and political organizations. She volunteered countless hours as and member and officer of the Board of Directors of Hope House of Columbia. She also served on the Board of The Family Center for several years. The Columbia Business & Professional Women's Club named her "Woman of the Year" in 1994; the Columbia Exchange Club named her "Exchangite of the Year" in 1999; and she was the first woman to receive the "Jimmy Matthews Community Service Award" in June, 2008. She served as secretary/treasurer for the Maury County Fair from 1982 - 2007. She was a member and former officer of Columbia Elks Lodge #686 and was a member of the 2003 graduating class of Leadership Maury. A life-long Democrat, Mrs. Galloway served on the Maury County Election Commission from 2005 - 2009 and served as Treasurer of the Maury County Democratic Party since 1993. She was campaign treasurer for Gary Ledbetter's 1994 State Senate campaign and for Bobby Sands' State Representative and judicial campaigns from 1996-2009; and campaign treasurer for Nancy L. Richardson's campaign for County Clerk in 2010. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. Her husband, Jim, family, and many friends supported her through surgery and treatment. She lobbied in Washington, D. C. in 1999 for breast cancer issues with the Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition. When Jim was diagnosed with leukemia, their roles reversed and Prebble became the caretaker throughout his treatment and illness. In December 2007, she learned she had metastastic breast cancer and underwent treatment with high expectations of having it under control. She dealt with the latest adversity in the same manner she dealt with everything in her life. with courage, grace, dignity, and a sense of humor. She was a member and worshiped at West Point Cumberland Presbyterian Church; served on the worship committee, and sang in the choir. She loved her church and church family. She credited her unflagging faith in God with getting her through the tough times of being a single mother, the death of her husband, two bouts with cancer, as well as the usual day to day struggles. Prebble Galloway was an extraordinary woman and Columbia and Maury County were fortunate to call her their own. Survivors include a daughter, Kimberly Hedrick (David) Ogburn of Asheville, North Carolina; twin sons, Kevin (Erin) Hedrick and Kendall (Emily) Hedrick of Columbia; her mother, Frances Stricklin Thigpen of Columbia; step-daughters, Kim Galloway, Amy Galloway Burks, and Jenny Galloway (Miguel) Sierra, all of Columbia; sister, Sheila (Danny "Goober") Owen of Columbia; she was the proud grandmother of Elijah Hedrick, Ella Hedrick, Hattie Hedrick, Baylor Anne Hedrick, Harper Rose Hedrick, Nora Beth Hedrick, Madison Wilson, Abbey Wilson, Isabelle Sierra, Wesley Sierra, and Lucy Burks. Her husband, James Franklin "Jim" Galloway died August 7, 2001. She was also preceded in death by her father, James Hillard Thigpen. Active pallbearers are Don Morrow, William Rittenberry, Doug Larkin, Gabriel Martinez, Gary C. Ledbetter, Eddie Warf, Larry Nickell, David Priest, Chris Baker, Wally Tillman, and Ronnie Attkisson. Honorary pallbearers include Ronnie Vick, members of West Point Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Hope House Board, Don Harmon, and Ronnie Richardson. Special appreciation is extended to Jane Broadway, Barbara Walker, Jennifer Grisham, Mary Shannon, Nancy Richardson, Regina Rummage, Jeanette Lovell, Debbie Warf, and Corrine McKee.