Sara Ann Hawkins
(August 10, 1925 - January 1 2021)

Sara Ann Hawkins, 95, of Huntington WV passed away peacefully in her sleep Jan. 1, 2021 at Woodlands Retirement Community. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, James Marshall Hawkins, after 64 years of marriage. They had three children, Marsha Moses, Jim Hawkins and Greg Hawkins who thought of her as their best friend and talked to her daily. She was blessed with 9 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren, all of whom adored her. She was born Sara Ann Sammons, Aug. 10, 1925 in Huntington, WV, the daughter of the late Forest Charles and Clara Hornberger Sammons. A beauty, Sara Ann was a part of the debutante set in Huntington and Miss Pony Express at Huntington High School. She attended Converse College in South Carolina and Antioch College in Ohio. She married Marshall Hawkins on August 31, 1946. Sara Ann relished time with her friends and family all of whom brought her great joy. She delighted in golf and tennis and the Huntington Garden Club and was a Life Master at bridge. Loving and gracious, anyone who entered her home was treated like family. She was a member of Enslow Park Presbyterian Church. She is preceded in death by her three brothers Lucian, Tony, and Fred Sammons, sister Dotty Duncan, son-in-law Jack Moses, and grandson Luke Hawkins. She is survived by her daughter Marsha Moses of Huntington WV, and her sons Jim Hawkins and wife Colleen of Houston TX and Greg Hawkins and wife Mary Jo Kinser of Westport CT; grandchildren Mary Moses (Alberto Bullon) of Lima, Peru, Jason Moses, Katie Goldy (Joel) of Huntington WV, Sarah Moses (Michael Halley) of Cambridge MA, Elizabeth Hearn (Tom) of Houston TX, Marshall Hawkins (Lee) of Richmond VA, Hannah Smith (Luke) of Wilmington NC, and Rachel Filer (Jeff) of Charlotte NC; and great grandchildren Eowyn and Jackson Moses, Clara, Mac and Marshall Smith, Mary and Val Hearn, Rudy Halley, Harper, Ellie, Mia and Kya Goldy, Evan and Vera Filer, Georgia and Penn Hawkins, and Jack and Galieo Bullon.