Sarah Anne Clark Hawley, 87, died peacefully on Feb. 20, 2012.
After her mother died in childbirth in 1928, Anne and sister Ruby were raised by the loving family of Esther Millikin. Anne’s baby sister, Helen, was raised by her cousin in Mississippi. Anne is a 1941 graduate of Tryon High School. She married Clifford B. Hawley Jr. of Philadelphia shortly after WWII and moved north with him.
Anne and Cliff had two boys. While raising her children, Anne worked for McKuhn-Phalen Chevrolet in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Shortly after her husband, Cliff, died in 1968, Anne moved back closer to home, residing in Charlotte and working as a legal assistant for the law firm of Thigpen & Hines, which later became Moore & Van Allen. Anne spent almost 20 years with the firm before retiring in 1989 and moving back to Tryon, where she has spent the last 23 years.
Anne was a fiercely independent woman. She loved Tryon and loved returning to Tryon for her retirement years. She enjoyed being active. She loved gardening and she was an excellent bridge player. At one time she was president of the Tryon Gardening Club.  She also volunteered for St. Luke’s Hospital.
Anne leaves behind two sons and spouses, Clifford and Cynthia Hawley of Morgantown, W.V., Steven and Rose Hawley and Rose’s son, Ramsey Dulin, of Charlotte. Anne is also survived by her grandchildren, Aaron Hawley of Morgantown, W.V. and Alice Hawley Berger and husband, Peter, of Cambridge, Mass. and by one great-grandchild, Zoe Berger, also of Cambridge, Mass. She is survived by her sister, Helen Kennedy of Hattiesburg, Miss. She is also survived by the Tryon family of Anne McCown and the late Vance McCown.
Anne was preceded in death by her parents, George and Rubye Clark; her husband, Clifford Hawley; her sister, Ruby Heath, and her cousins, Dorothy Millikin and Vance McCown.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Hospice are suggested.