Cynthia Anne Galloway

Cynthia Anne Galloway passed away on March 12, 2026 in Maryland. Cindy was the beloved wife of 44 and a half years to Keith Andrew Galloway.

Born on December 29, 1956 in Belmont County, Ohio to the late Mary Ellen Cunningham Smathers and the late Walter Allison Smathers, Cindy grew up in a third-generation coal mining family. She earned her bachelor’s degree in education from West Liberty College in West Virginia and her master’s degree in education from West Virginia University, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority.

Cindy devoted her adult life to teaching and music. She began her education career as an elementary school teacher in Marshall County, West Virginia for four years, then taught for thirty-six years in the Montgomery County, Maryland public school system. Outside the classroom, she served as a piano accompanist at St. Mary Roman Catholic Church in Rockville, Maryland for ten years and then at St. Joseph on Carrollton Manor Roman Catholic Church for twenty-six years, while also sharing her musical talents with elementary school productions. In her limited free time, she enjoyed hiking, camping, bicycle riding, and collecting frog memorabilia.

Cindy is survived by her devoted husband Keith, her sister Monica Matthews, her mother-in-law Rosalie J. Galloway, her sisters-in-law Vandy Galloway Holman and her husband Dave, and Emily Emerson Smathers, along with her nieces and nephews Kim Smathers, Laura Smathers, Kassandra Olgers, Kristen Katona, Michelle Steffens, Jeff Smathers, and Jordan Mersky.