- Date Of Birth: May 4, 1933
- Date Of Death: May 23, 2015
- State: Georgia
Mrs. Evelyn Hunt Sanders Haugen, 82, of Newnan passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015 at her home. She was born May 4, 1933, in Decatur, Alabama to the late Walter Drane Sanders and Clara Berry Hunt Sanders. Evelyn grew up in Newnan, Georgia and was a 1951 graduate of Newnan High School. She attended college first at Sweetbriar College and graduated from University of Georgia where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa.
She was elected valedictorian of the University of Georgia class of 1955. After college, Evelyn lived in Washington DC where she worked in the State Department. While in Washington, she met Willis G. Haugen, who was then serving in the Navy at the Pentagon. The two would marry in 1956 and remained devoted to each other until Will’s death in November, 2014. Will Haugen was her best friend. Evelyn was a homemaker until her boys grew up. She then worked for years as a travel agent at Newnan Travel. She was one of the founders of The Heritage School. She was a member of the Newnan Reading Circle. She was a lifelong member of the Newnan Presbyterian Church where she served as a deacon. She served as president of the Women of the Church and was an honorary lifetime member of the Presbyterian Women of the Church.
Survivors include her sons Walter S. Haugen of Newnan, Willis George (Jeanne Naylor) Haugen, Jr. of Columbus, Georgia; grandchildren, Victoria Russ Haugen, Charis Hunt Haugen, Clara Berry Haugen, Michaela Claire Haugen, Willis George Haugen, III and Edith Harris Haugen; and sisters Letitia (Donn) Downing, of Novato, California and Melissa (Boyce) Thomas of Newnan.
