Hope J. Nettles, 65, made career in banking
September 23, 2022
Hope Jennings Nettles of Pawleys Plantation died Sept. 12 with her husband by her side. She was 65.
The daughter of Marilyn and George Jennings, she graduated from Andrew Lewis High School in Salem, Va. She attended the football game that was the basis for the movie “Remember the Titans,” was based Andrew Lewis vs. E.C. Glass High.
She then followed in the footsteps of her mother and sister to attend college at Brenau Women’s College in Gainesville, Ga. While claiming it was a family tradition, in reality her attraction to Brenau was its closeness to the men at Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia.
At Brenau, she excelled academically and socially, being named to H.G.H Senior Honor Society and Who’s Who of American Colleges. Mrs. Nettles was also a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, where she met many of her lifelong friends and had the time of her life.
In 1979, after graduating Brenau with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management, she moved to Atlanta to begin a career in banking.
She spent the next 37 years with various banks and increasing levels of responsibility until her retirement in 2019, when the family moved to Pawleys so her husband could be closer to his family in Florence.
She is survived by her husband of 26 years, Leonard Nettles; her daughter, Sarah Nettles of Pawleys Island; her stepmother, Preppy Jennings, and her stepbrother, Todd Breneman, both of Greenville, N.C.
In addition to her parents, her sister, Joy Jennings, died before her.
A funeral service was held Monday at Belin Memorial United Methodist Church. She will be interred in the family plot at Sherwood Memorial Park in Salem.
There is a guest book at goldfinchfuneralhome.com.
