In Memoriam: Sam Galloway, 1944-2021

Former Fort Myers Mayor Randy Henderson, when he was in office, once sought to celebrate a hometown hero who had fallen on some hard times, then got his life back together. 

The event was going to cost some $30,000, maybe a bit more. Henderson mentioned the possible event and cost to Sam Galloway, longtime owner and operator of Sam Galloway Ford in Fort Myers — and an elder statesmen in local civic and business circles. Not only was Galloway generous, says Henderson, but he also shunned red tape and government bureaucracy. “He didn’t like to jibber-jabber,” Henderson says.