Jeannette Liem Hooper passed away peacefully among family on March 24, 2021. She was born on October 10, 1927 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania to Hugo and Willa Liem. She graduated from Newton-Conover, NC High School, attended Lenoir Rhyne College, and graduated in 1949 from the Greenville General Hospital School of Nursing, earning her registered nurse degree. In addition to working as an RN at the hospital emergency room and other places, she was also an active member of the Greenville Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association and the Greenville County Legal Auxiliary, serving terms as President in both. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to many. She was passionately involved in whatever her four children were doing and is remembered and appreciated for her volunteer work with Northside Gardens swim team, several school PTAs, Francis Asbury UMC summer camp, church basketball league, church choir, cub scouts, girl scouts, music clubs, ball teams, and for being the on-call neighborhood nurse for friends and neighbors all around. She enjoyed traveling abroad a few times, especially loved going to the beach, painting, and jewelry making. She never met a stranger, and always had fun! She was affectionately known by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren as “Mema Jett.”
Jeannette is survived by her children, Robby Hooper and wife, Lola; Ricky Hooper and wife, Mary; Laura Hooper Vines and husband, Byron; and Cindy Hooper Salley and husband, Lawrence, Jr.; grandchildren Joshua Hooper and wife, Amber, Zachary Hooper and friend Shelby Bedgood (daughter Brooklynn), Trey Hooper and fiancé Destiny Taylor (son Jack), Chad Hooper, Holly Vines Buben and husband, Alex, Stephanie Vines Wallace and husband, Joshua, Lawrence Salley, III; step grandson Shane Ganus and fiancé Tabitha Paulson (daughter Callie), step-granddaughter Gwen Zeider (son Caleb); great-grandchildren Mason Buben, Harris Buben, Henley Wallace, Greyson Wallace; step great-grandchildren Megan Ganus Holt and husband, Tyler Holt, and Tyler Ganus; sister-in-law Lou Jean Liem; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Jeannette was predeceased by her parents, Hugo and Willa Liem, her husband Judge Joe Robert Hooper, her brother Hugo O. Liem, Jr. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 2 pm at Mackey Funerals and Cremations on Century Drive, Greenville, SC, and the family will be available to receive friends there before the service from 12:30 to 1:45 pm. A committal service will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, the American Heart Association or to a memorial of choice.
Arrangements by Mackey Funerals and Cremations at Century Dr.;online tributes at MackeyCenturyDrive.com
