Patricia Rea Hollis

Patricia Rea Hollis, 84, of Marietta, GA, joined her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Monday, January 15, 2024. Born in Dresden, TN, her family relocated to Charleston, SC, where she lived until graduating from North Charleston High School. Through participation in her local 4H Club, Patricia funded her higher education at Winthrop College in Rock Hill, SC, where she earned her BS in Home Economics and Journalism, graduating a year early in 1960. She went on to pursue her master’s degree at New York University and was employed as a buyer for Ivey’s department store in New York City. An independent woman of strong convictions, Patricia spent many years training and showing champion Shetland Sheepdogs in Obedience, including her prized Sheltie, Shandy, at Westminster Kennel Club, before starting a family.

Patricia was an avid reader, devout follower of the Lord, and was ahead of her time with fashion, health, and wellness. Her childhood in Charleston shaped her independence and self-reliance, and she recounted memories of growing up on King Street, frequenting the Hampton Park Zoo, and mastering sewing and cooking at a very young age. She raised a prize-winning Hereford steer, played the clarinet, performed as a majorette across the State of South Carolina, and wore her own creations in the 1957 Miss Charleston Pageant. She loved rising extremely early in the morning, walking long stretches of the beach, coffee hot enough to burn the taste out of her mouth, doling out books on a multitude of subjects, weekend to-do lists rivaling the length of CVS receipts, baseboards clean enough to pass a white glove test, midnight plant-watering sessions, and is likely single-handedly responsible for the depletion of the ocean’s Orange Roughy supply in the 1990s. Patricia believed ardently in discipline; she would have fared quite well in the military and valued truth, accountability, and honesty above all.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Saye Hollis, III (2008), her parents Mr. and Mrs. Horace M. Rea, half-sister Betty Jo Lasater, and infant brother, Bobby Brandon Rea. She is survived by three daughters and seven grandchildren: Trisse Hollis Kozick (Stephen), Amy Hollis, and Dana Hollis Kloes (Christopher); Sayelor Kozick, Piper Kozick, Adelaide Kozick, Everly Kozick, Aden Staats, Ari Staats, and Finnian Kloes.

A private family interment will be held February 9, 2024, in Rock Hill, SC.