Anne Louise Ammons. Beloved and loving daughter, sister, aunt and friend. The brightest light in the Ammons Family has gone out.

We are deeply, deeply saddened; we love her so much. We are still in shock, it was very sudden and unexpected – she was so looking forward to the rest of her life with her family and friends.

Who was Anne?
Most of all, "Auntie Annie" – the loving playmate, mentor and confidante to her two young nieces. Family was the core of Annie's existence and being "Auntie Annie" was her favorite role in life.

An unmatched wit (she was stymied at age three as her brother and sister knew what made things funny, but she soon and ever after easily bested them as she brought laughter into the family and with all her friends).

Private, unwilling to place her burden on others, no matter how much they wanted to share it, but always willing to help them with theirs.

Compassionate, imbued with a special genuine kindness.

Tenacious, responsible, intellectually superb and demanding; level-headed, but with a streak of hedonism and living for the moment.

Anne started out a Navy brat at the Naval Academy hospital on May 19th, 1974. She woke up happy every day as she became a world traveler, putting Maryland, Japan, Hawaii, Monterey California and Puerto Rico under her belt before she was twelve.

After the normal trials and tribulations of teenagerhood, the good and the bad, with new friends and old ones drifting away, she blossomed into womanhood in Maryland and started on her life's short journey at Northland College in the north of Wisconsin, where she completed her studies in helping people get along and make the environment better.

Coming back to Maryland, she tried several things to find her place, and finally found the law as where she could use her enormous brainpower, which she never quite realized she had, and her special qualities to help people, take responsibility, give advice and make a difference. The highlight of her years at Washington School of Law at American University was her involvement in efforts to secure just treatment for the internees at Guantanamo.

She pursued her law studies doggedly, facing and overcoming many adversities to graduate. Her parents were blessed to have Anne live with them for the last year and a half of her life, as she completed her studies and graduated in December 2008, passed the bar in May and was admitted to the Maryland bar in August 2009. Anne strove mightily to make her own way in a fierce job market, to get on her way to the career she wanted, deserved and would excel at.

She had reengaged with old friends, become more tightly bound to her family. She was poised to leap off into life. She was finally going to be able to enjoy her gustatory passion for fine food!

However, Annie's last months were to present her with no fewer obstacles than earlier. Her animal companions of many years both passed on, and she was frequently sick, fatigued and suffered from other maladies – difficult, but not life-threatening. However, we know Anne did not give up or give in. Her mother was very fortunate to spend time with Anne when she returned home Friday night, watching TV and laughing with her until they went to bed in the middle of the night on November 7, 2009. Anne passed peacefully while she slept.

************Interment & Services will be private.
If you want to do something to honor Annie's memory, please support something about which she felt strongly. We are requesting, lieu of flowers, for donations to the Arden House or to a women's domestic violence shelter in your area. If donating to Arden House, please make checks payable to "YWCA – Arden House" and send them to YWCA Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, 1517 Ritchie Highway, Arnold MD 21012.