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Anna Clark Mott
Anna Clark Mott of Sag Harbor died at Southampton Hospital surrounded by her family on Monday, May 16. She was 91 and lived most of her adult life in Bridgehampton.
Born Anna Clark Hedges on November 20, 1919, to Gladys Marie Hedges and Wilson Glover Hedges, she grew up in a home built by her grandfather, Captain Joe Clark, who was a fisherman. The home was located on the north side of Montauk Point near the lighthouse. Her grandmother, Annie G. Clark, had a restaurant on the bluff between their home and the lighthouse where she enjoyed working alongside her grandmother and mother during the summer season. She would often reminiscence about cart-wheeling down the lighthouse hill, roller skating up and down the hilly roads and playing basketball in the loft of the barn her grandfather built.
The Hedges and the Clarks were the neighbors of the lighthouse keeper’s family. If one visits the lighthouse, there is a letter on display written by a former lighthouse keeper’s daughter. The letter mentions Ms. Mott and her family and the times they spent together.
Her grandfather Captain Carl Hedges was one of the original founders of the Life Saving Stations created to help rescue sailors in distress at sea.
She married George Lewis Mott from East Hampton in 1937 and was later divorced. They had four daughters, whom she raised in the same house she lived in for much of her adult life that Captain Hedges built on Narrow Lane in Bridgehampton. For the last two and a half years of her life she lived in Sag Harbor with her daughter, Geri Boyle.
In addition to raising a family, she worked caring for the sick, home-bound and dying. She loved to babysit.
Known as “Mom” or “Grandma Mott” to those who knew her, she spread a message of love to all, survivors said. She showed what love really is; and taught others to hold traditions dear and family close.
In the words of Ms. Mott, no matter what happens in life “hold your head up high and put a smile on your face.”
She is survived by her children, Ann and Richard Sandstrom of Southampton, Geri and Dennis Boyle of Sag Harbor, Patricia Mott-Intermaggio and Joseph Intermaggio of Southampton, and Connie Mott-Hopping and William Hopping of Bridgehampton; 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Visitation took place at the O’Connell Funeral Home in Southampton on Thursday, May 19. A memorial service was held at the Southampton Methodist Church on Friday, May 20.
on Jun 7, 2011