Jimmie Lynn Dobbs Galloway

Jimmie Lynn Dobbs Galloway, age 76, died peacefully at her home in Ocean Springs, MS, on Monday, March 7th. Jimmie was born to Jim and Lucy Dobbs on August 24, 1939, in Dennis, MS. She grew up in Tishomingo County, MS and graduated from Tishomingo High School with the class of 1956. She married Harold Lee (Hal) Galloway on June 1, 1963, and immediately became a loyal “navy wife,” following Hal to duty stations in Maryland, New York, Connecticut, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina and Virginia. While Hal was seeing the world on navy ships, she maintained the home and raised their children. She was active in various school, church and sports activities at each of the many communities in which she and Hal lived. She diligently strived to be a faithful Christian by adopting a “home church” in each location of their itinerant life and insuring the family lived the life of Christian service wherever they found themselves. She firmly believed--and lived by--two of her favorite adages: “You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips”; and “Be careful what you say and do. You might be the only Bible that some people ever read.” She showed Christ to people in every place God planted her. In 1982, after Hal’s retirement from the US Navy, They established their home in Ocean Springs, MS, where she resided for the remainder of her life. She was a faithful member of St. Paul United Methodist Church throughout her life in Ocean Springs. She served in various ministries of the church with vitality and dedication, especially those programs involved with youth or children’s ministries and Sunday school. Jimmie is preceded in death by her parents; by a sister, Joann Clark; by her children: Teresa Dawn, Richard Lee (Rick), and Ginger Lynn; by her mother-in-law; by two brothers-in-law and two sisters-in law; and by a daughter-in-law and a son-in-law. She is survived by her husband of nearly 53 years, Hal Galloway; by a daughter, Savanna Lynn Galloway; by two grandsons, Chase Lee Galloway and Dwight Anthony (AJ) Watkins, Jr.; by a granddaughter, Casie Duffy; by three great-grandsons; by two sisters-in-law and several nieces and nephews and numerous friends. A memorial service for Jimmie will be held at 12:00 noon at the downtown campus of St. Paul UMC, 800 Porter Ave., Ocean Springs, MS, on Saturday, March 12th. Visitation will commence at 11:00 AM at the church and continue until service time. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts be made to the St. Paul UMC Building Fund at ST. Paul UMC, P.O. Box 909, Ocean Springs, MS 39564-0909, or to a charity of your choosing. The Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.