Cynthia Dawkins Galloway

July 18, 1952 - March 8, 2013

Ridgeway Cynthia Jean Dawkins Galloway, 60, died Friday, March 8, 2013 at Providence Hospital in Columbia. The funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Breath of Life Lutheran Church, 300 Main St., Blythewood, SC with Pastor Mikki Corley Gay officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM at the church. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery in Great Falls. Ms. Galloway was born July 18, 1952 in Manning, SC and was a daughter of Lila Alsbrook Ellis and the late Eugene D. Dawkins, Jr. She was a graduate of Manning High School and was retired from the S.C. Dept. of Social Services. Ms. Galloway was a member of Breath of Life Lutheran Church of Blythewood. She is survived by her companion, Margie Nash of Ridgeway; her mother and step-father, Lila Alsbrook Ellis and husband Bill of Manning, SC; two sisters, Janet Gibbons and husband Thad of Manning and Jeannie Fach of Great Falls ; two brothers, Ibra Mathis and wife Jennie and James V. Mathis and wife Gail both of Manning; four grandchildren, Blair, Ellis, Cynthia, and Marlee; and one great-granddaughter, Izabella. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Gena Kim Kinsey. Memorials may be made to Breath of Life Lutheran Church, 300 Main St., Blythewood, SC 29016. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.dantzlerbakerfuneralhome.com.