A beloved local realtor, the woman who inspired the #susiestrong hashtag during her fight for recovery after her ex-boyfriend shot her in October, has died.

Mary Susan “Susie” Pryor Montag died at 3:51 p.m. Tuesday, according to a Facebook post made by her daughter at 8 p.m.

Jaime Dorn, owner of Harrison Dorn Realty company, said she met Montag when they both worked at Choice Realty in Jacksonville.

Montag was genuine, “very real” and always willing to lend a hand to someone in need, Dorn said. She was an amazing cake baker who always had a smile, never raised her voice, and tended to steer clear of office gossip. Dorn described Montag as a woman who had a lot of class.

On Oct. 26 Charles Henry Harper Jr., Montag’s ex-boyfriend, rammed Montag’s parked car outside Dunkin Donuts on Western Boulevard. Harper fired several shots before fleeing, The Daily News reported.

The Jacksonville Police Department executed a search warrant at Harper’s last known residence, and found Harper inside dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Montag was hospitalized following the shooting, but posts from her friends and family on social media were overall positive. Her daughter, Anna Montag, has kept everyone updated through Facebook posts on her mother’s progress. Over the last 10 days, Anna Montag has been posting about her mother having a bleeding aneurysm and seizures.

Susie Montag had planned to perform in Dancing Stars of Onslow County later this year to help raise money for domestic violence victims.

“The amount of strength that woman had is just absolutely remarkable,” Dorn said.

City Editor Amanda McReynolds can be reached at 910-219-8467 or amcreynolds@jdnews.com.