Noah B. Galloway

Noah "N.B." Galloway, 81, passed away on June 8, 2017. He was born in the summer of 1935 along the Tennessee-Virginia line in Sullivan County, Tennessee, and was the 8th of Thomas and Sarah Galloway's 9 children. After attending Lynn View High School (1954) and Whitney's Business School in Kingsport, Tennessee, he began working for the Mead Paper Corporation. While working at Mead, he was drafted into the US Army in 1958. He completed basic training at Fort Sam, Texas and then spent 18 months stationed in Germany. While deployed in Germany, he acquired a lifelong interest in the German language and history, an academic pursuit he greatly enjoyed for many years by continuing to read German history, a German newspaper and his German Bible. Returning from Germany in April 1960, Noah was discharged through Fort Dix, New Jersey. It was at this time, at a Sunday morning fellowship meeting in Trenton, New Jersey, that he met the love of his life, Kathe Feichtinger, a native of Germany/Hungary. They were married in November 1960. After living a short while in Kingsport, Tennessee, they moved to Northern Virginia where Noah was employed as a civilian in the Army at Cameron Station before working for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, DC. He and Kathe eventually settled in Sterling Park in Northern Virginia where they raised their 4 children. Noah retired in 1995, and in 2002, they moved to Gainesville, Georgia living there for 13 years. They spent the last two years living with their daughter and family in Suwanee, Georgia. Noah is survived by his wife Kathe and their children: Eric Galloway of Ohio, Kevin (Lisa) Galloway of Iowa, Karen (Joel) Thain of Georgia, Edwin (Lynnette) Galloway of Iowa, and eight grandchildren: Anja Thain, Thomas Galloway, Calvin Thain, Hannah Galloway, Noah Galloway, Basil Thain, Aaron Galloway, and Adam Galloway. He is survived by five sisters and two brothers, but preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one half brother. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 17, at 3:30 pm at Flanigan Funeral Home in Buford, Georgia. Visitation will be from 2:30-3:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, we would like to show our appreciation for the caregivers that helped us with Dad. Donations may be made in care of Karen Thain.