Sara Ann Hammond Ferrer McChesney, age 71 of Hot Springs, passed from this life on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at Arkansas Hospice in Hot Springs. She was born December 14, 1940 in Jackson, MS, the daughter of the late Selmer and Eula Vaughan Hammond. Sara is survived by her husband Carl McChesney, two daughters, Ivette Ferrer (Bill)Kautsky of Poughquag, NY, and Elizabeth Joan (David) Livingston of McGregor, TX, three sons, Mitchel (Melissa) Ferrer of Schertz, TX, John (Melody) McChesney of Elk City, OK, and James McChesney of McGregor, TX, one sister, Nedra Landfair of Pearl,MS, one brother, Jerome (Judy) Hammond of Crystal Springs, MS, nine grandchildren, William Kautsky III, Ashley Kautsky, Abigail Ferrer, Isaiah Ferrer, Isaac Ferrer, Kathryn McChesney, Melanie McChesney, Brandi McChesney and Sierra Thompson. Sara and Carl were married in 1993 in Thorn Crown Chapel in Eureka Springs, designed by her favorite architect E. Faye Jones, who won the AIA Gold Medal, the highest honor awarded by the American Institute of Architects. Sara was a Master Gardener and a charter member of Garvan Woodland Gardens. Sara held a master's degree in Interior Design from the University of Southwestern Louisiana at Lafayette LA. She lived in Venezuela for 18 years where her two children were born. She worked several years an interior designer in Jackson MS. After moving to Texas she was accepted into the American Institute of Building Design. In 1991 Sara won First Place Custom Luxury Home category by the AIBD in Snowmass CO. She also won third place for recreational home design at the AIBD Convention in Ashville NC 1998. Sara designed their dream home and supervised its construction on Lake Hamilton. She also designed and planted multiple gardens on hillside lot. Beside being and avid gardener, Sara was an artist in watercolor, oil, and sculptor. She did excellent upholstery. Sara was a gourmet cook and loved giving dinner parties. She enjoyed fishing, camping, hiking mountains, bird watching and bicycling. She and Carl enjoyed traveling. Sara especially enjoyed her grandchildren and doing things with them. A memorial service will be held at the First Church of Nazarene, 3804 Central Ave, Hot Springs, AR on Friday, June 22, 2012 at 3:00 PM with Rev. Ken Carney officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the church fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in Sara's memory to Our Promise Cancer Resources, 133 Harmony Park Circle, Hot Springs, AR 71913. Cremation arrangements entrusted to The Welch Funeral Home of Arkadelphia. Inurnment will be in the Arkansas State Veteran's Cemetery in North Little Rock at a future date. Visit www.welchfh.net to sign guest book and view the video tribute.