Jane Eley Cunningham Galosy's Obituary
Jane Eley Cunningham Galosy
Jane Eley Melton Cunningham Galosy died on Monday, May 30, 2016, at the age of 89. She was born on January 26, 1927, in Longview, Texas, the daughter of Amelia Northcutt Sparkman Melton and Knowles Robison Melton. Her family lived in the area that is now Gregg County for nine generations, and one of her early ancestors was the first lawyer in Gregg County.
Jane was named for her great-great-grandmother whose family owned and operated hotels in Monroe and Shreveport, Louisiana, as well as Jefferson, Marshall, and Tyler, Texas. The early family owned the stage coach line that connected many East Texas towns. Her historic family homeplace, Rockwall Farm, was constructed in 1854 and was Jane’s childhood home. It was located just west of Longview on Highway 80 and was one of the early stagecoach stops during the 1800’s.
Jane attended Longview schools and graduated from The Hockaday School of Dallas. She was an art major at Southern Methodist University where she pledged Pi Beta Phi sorority. She studied art much of her early adult life on both the East and West coasts, and for many years, Jane was a member of the Junior League of Longview and the Green Thumb Garden Club. Jane was a lifetime member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Longview.
For over twenty years, Jane and her husband, Lou Galosy, owned and operated “Galosy’s”, a women’s apparel and specialty store located in downtown Longview. She and Lou assisted many of the ladies in East Texas with their fine apparel and accessories.
Jane was preceded in death by her husband of thirty-one years, former Longview Mayor Lou Galosy, and by her only daughter, Amelia Lee Cunningham in 2010. She was also preceded in death by her parents and by her stepfather, Joseph Jack Castleberry. Her survivors include her grandson, Alan Blair Cammack of Salida, Colorado; a sister, Amelia Northcutt Castleberry Tierney of San Francisco and Miami Beach; a nephew, Michael Sean Tierney and his family of Mill Valley, California; a first cousin, Sicily Sterling Williams of Houston; and a stepson, Dr. Richard Allen Galosy, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey.
Arrangements are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held in the chapel of Rosewood Park Mausoleum at
2 p.m. on Thursday, June 2 , 2016, officiated by The Reverend Kevin Wittmayer.
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