Dr. Rosanne J. Hooks of Nichols passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. She was born in Florence, South Carolina, a daughter of the late Reverend Lorin Eugene Jordan and Lois Sherer Jordan. She was an alumnus of Erskine College and graduated in 1981 from the Medical College of Virginia. She earned her MPH from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. She served as medical director of Sunny Acres Nursing Home and Chief of Medicine at Marion County Medical Center. She served the Nichols and Mullins community for over 26 years. In her professional life, Dr. Hooks was a physician in the deepest sense. She was not only exceptionally skilled and competent, but she cared about her patients and healed them. She was considerate and compassionate and touched the lives of countless people. She had a special connection with the elderly and worked with all her strength and skill to give them a better quality of life. She was a respected leader in her profession and will be terribly missed by her colleagues, patients, and the many families that she came in contact with. In her personal life, Rosanne will be remembered by her family and friends for her unconditional love and compassion for others. She had an amazingly wonderful heart that touched the lives of so many. She was taken from all of us far too early and will be greatly missed and always remembered. We love you Mama! Dr. Hooks is survived by her husband of forty years, Edsel Wayne Hooks, Jr. of Nichols; two sons, Edsel Wayne Hooks, III of Mullins and John Emory Hooks of the home; two daughters, Martha Page Hooks of Nichols and Alexandra Page Hooks of Stony Brook, New York; two brothers Henry Jordan of Ohio and James Jordan of Missouri; a sister, Montine Jordan of New York, and four grandchildren, Chasity, Gabrielle, Aubree, and John. The family would like to thank the community for the outpouring of love and respect shown to their wife and mother. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 4, 2013 in the chapel of Meares Funeral Home of Mullins. A message of condolence for the family may be left at mearesfh.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimers Association, 4124 Clemson Boulevard, Suite L, Anderson, S.C. 29621.