听Jean Gore Small
LORIS-A memorial service for Jean Carol Gore Small, 84, will be held Aug. 2 at noon in Hardwick Memorial Chapel with Pastor Jimmy Floyd and the Rev. Cameron Lewis officiating. Committal services will be private.
Ms. Small passed away July 25 at The Bluefield in Leland, NC.
Born May 5, 1941 in Whiteville, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Charlie Battle Gore and the late Macie Bell Thompson Gore.
Mrs. Small loved children and watching birds. She had a lifelong passion for reading and furthering her education. She was an active member of Dogwood Hill Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for many years and was instrumental in starting Vacation Bible School.
She, and her beloved husband of 63 years, worked tirelessly providing for and assisting with the food bank, but Mrs. Jean will be most remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend to all.
Survivors include her son, Chrystle 鈥淐hris鈥 Wayne Small and wife Julie of Jasper, Tenn.; daughter, Felisa Small Norris and husband Ryan of Leland, NC; six grandchildren, Josh Jones, Grayson Jones, Lillie Small, Gabe Small, Meagan Norris and Keith Norris; sister, Brenda Marie Godwin and husband Jimmy, and many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Small was predeceased by her husband, Billy Wayne Small; brother, Paul Devon Gore; and sister, Anita Pearl Gore.
The family will receive friends Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon, prior to services, at Hardwick Funeral Home.
The family requests that memorials be made to Dogwood Hill Baptist Church, 1040 Mt. Zion Road, Loris, SC 29569, or Lower Cape Fear LifeCare, Brunswick County, 1414 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401.
Please sign Mrs. Small’s online guestbook at or call Hardwick Funeral Home at (843) 756-7001.
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