Mary Elizabeth Mason Carnwath Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Mary Elizabeth Mason Carnwath (Augusta, Georgia), who passed away on May 11, 2026, at the age of 77, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Wilson Perry "Bill" Mason and Elizabeth Lamar Dudley Mason; her brother-in-law Charles Thomas "Tom" Huggin; her niece Stephanie Stamper Huggins; Chip Carnwath.
She is survived by: her husband Samuel Wallace "Chip" Carnwath Jr.; her son Samuel Wallace Carnwath III (Megan Howard) of Charleston; her sisters, Sada Huggins and Martha Gibson (John); her nieces and nephews, Charles Huggins (Beth), Elizabeth Elliott (Brandon), Will Huggins, Brooke Gibson, Christopher Gibson, Cary Gibson (Ines) and Sarah Gibson; and her friends, Anna Dunbar Vallotton, Mary Hull Frazier, Libba Anderson, Janna McDonald, Sally Wade Ellerbee, Jan Stuntz, Helen Hendee, Greer Brannon, Mariam Brown, Frank Mays Hull, Dabney Byrd, Cecilia Pittman, Cathy MacWatter Smith, Genie Johannsen, Louise Fitzgerald, Beth Thomason and Hilly Kilpatrick Kenney. She is also survived by her great-nieces and great-nephews, their spouses.
In 2019, during COVID, Betsy joined Wallace and his fiancé, Megan Howard, in Charleston, South Carolina, where she became friends with every neighbor on the block within weeks, ultimately securing invites to all the block parties — even allowing Wallace and Megan to join as tagalongs.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the American Heart Association, The Alzheimer's Foundation of America or The Church of the Good Shepherd, 2230 Walton Way, Augusta, Georgia, 30904.
