Sarah Ford Connelly, 89, of North Charleston and formerly of Nichols, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at the Hospice of Charleston Center in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. She was born in Horry County, the daughter of the late Daniel Roy and Eunice Jackson Ford. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a friend to many.
Mrs. Connelly was predeceased in addition to her parents, by her first husband, Troy L. Hooks, Jr., her second husband, Carroll Eugene "Sonny" Connelly, Sr., a son, Troy Levi Hooks III; a daughter, Patsy Hooks, seven brothers, Zarvis, Reuben Asbury "Buck", Boyd, Daniel Roy, Jr., John Luther "Luke", Edgar Brooks, and Herman Bennett Ford, and one sister, Bernice Nunnery.
She is survived by a son, Chris Hooks and his wife, Sherrian of Murrells Inlet; a daughter, Genny Starr and her husband, Ed of North Charleston; three grandchildren, Troy Gibson Hooks, Chevis Franklin Bailey, and Jamie Ryck Bryson.
A service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Connelly will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Nichols United Methodist Church with Reverend Eddie Collier officiating. Inurnment will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Nichols. The family will receive friends following the service at the cemetery.
Memorials may be made in her memory to Nichols United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 20, Nichols, South Carolina 29581 or to the Alzheimer's Association, 4124 Clemson Boulevard, Suite L, Anderson, South Carolina 29621.
An online guestbook is available at www.mearesfh.com.