Born to George and Mary Sutton Hutchins of New Haven, Kentucky, on February 4, 1914, Anna was the youngest of nine children. Anna began her formal education with the Ursulines at St. Catherine School in New Haven. At the age of 23, she entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph on August 14, 1937. She received the Ursuline habit on August 14, 1937 and the name Sister Agnes Mary.
Sister Agnes Mary prepared for elementary teaching and after her religious profession, she was assigned to St. James School in Louisville where she taught third grade. She endeared herself to her students and their parents by her sunny disposition and gracious manner and teacher skills.
During Holy Week of April 1943, Sister Agnes Mary seemed in normal health. However, Easter Tuesday morning, she noticed numbness in one side of her body. The doctor pronounced her condition as serious and admitted her to St. Joseph Infirmary in Louisville. After receiving the Last Sacraments, she rallied and her condition seemed hopeful. During the noon hour April 27, 1943, she succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage.
The following morning, Fathers James Willett, Philip Hutchins, Clarence Hagan and Msgr. Erle E. Willett, vicar general, offered a Solemn High Requiem Mass in the parish church. The 400 pupils of St. James School were in attendance. That same evening, Sister Agnes Mary’s remains were brought to Mount Saint Joseph for the wake and vigil service. Father Henry O’Bryan, acting chaplain, celebrated the funeral Mass and gave the final absolution. Eight other priests were present in the sanctuary. Sister Agnes Mary’s remains are buried in the convent cemetery. Among her survivors were her mother, her Ursuline sister, Sister Mary Reginald, her brother, Brother Reginald, CFX, and six other brothers. Sister Agnes Mary’s death was the first in the Mount Saint Joseph Ursuline Community in almost three years.