Patty Hooks Small Bryant: Loris

1933 – 2016

    Patty Hooks Small Bryant of Loris passed away Sunday morning, April 10 at McLeod Loris hospital following an illness. She was 82.
    Born Dec. 14, 1933 in Marion, she was the daughter of the late Davis Claude Hooks and the late Liza Iola Gerald Hooks. Mrs. Bryant worked as hotel manager at the Radisson Inn until her retirement and was a longtime member of Glendale Baptist Church.
     Survivors include her son, William Layton “Billy” Small, Jr. and wife, Laura of Chadbourn; seven grandchildren, Rabon Small, BilliJo Small, Karen Small, Christy Norris and husband, Dale, Patrick Gerald, Tabitha Soles and Holly Buffkin and husband, Richard and ten great-grandchildren.
     In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bryant was predeceased by her first husband, William Layton Small, Sr.; her second husband, Frank Bryant; her daughter, Judy Karen Phipps and her four sisters and five brothers.
     Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13 at Hardwick Memorial Chapel with Mr. Timothy Suggs officiating. Committal services followed at Pleasant View Cemetery.
    Memorials may be sent to the Jason Johnson Memorial Fund, c/o Grace Tabernacle Church, P.O. Box 427, Loris, SC 29569.
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