Mrs. Sarah Pollard Hawks, 85, passed away on April 26, 2024, in Gainesville, GA. Born March 24th, 1939, in Galax, VA, she was the youngest daughter of the late Rom Woodrow and Sarah Pollard Hawks.
“Sally,” as she was lovingly known, grew up in Galax and went on to study Art History at Stratford College in Danville, VA. She married Raymond Thomas Hawks on September 26, 1961, in a formal military wedding in Verdon, France, where they lived for several years.
She and “Tommy” eventually settled in Clarkesville, GA, where they raised their two sons.
Sally was very active in her community and the Clarkesville United Methodist Church. She always loved the arts and spent years creating beautiful ceramics, paintings and stained glass. She devoted over 20 years of her life in Clarkesville supporting education through her work for the Habersham County Public School system.
Sally spent the last 14 years of her life in Hoschton, GA, where she continued a very active social life and bonded with her friends and neighbors, often through gardening. As described by a life-long friend, Sally was a true artist and often said “the flowers in the yard were like the colors in the palette of creating a beautiful painting.”
When Sally wasn’t with family or gardening, you could find her in a bocce ball tournament where despite her vision challenges, she was a “champion” competitor.
Her love of travel took her on adventures to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and beyond. She also enjoyed touring Napa while visiting her son Scott in San Francisco.
Sally will be lovingly remembered by her two sons, Timothy Woodrow Hawks (Misty) of Toccoa, GA, and Raymond Scott Hawks of San Francisco, CA, and her sister, Libba Hawks Beamer. She loved being “Gaga” to her grandchildren, Brittnye Hawks Sosebee (Matt) and Mason, Cooper, and Catlin Long. She will also be greatly missed by her great-grandchildren Camden, Cole, and Case Sosebee.
She was predeceased by her nephew Stephen Monday Beamer (Adrienne) and will be greatly missed by her nieces and nephews, Sally Beamer Silverman (Mel), Richard Arlen Beamer, Jr. (Angela), and Ann Beamer Williams (Jamie), and their families, who cherish memories and good times they had over the years with “Auntie.”
She would want to be remembered as a devoted mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt who loved her family more than anything.
Friends and family will gather on Friday, May 31, for a private service in her honor.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to The Macular Degeneration Association in her honor at macularhope.org
BrightFocus Foundation
22512 Gateway Center Drive
Clarksburg, MD 20871
Arrangements by Hillside Memorial Chapel & Gardens, Clarkesville.
