Sarah Blake (Novel Series)

Sarah Blake was wife to Philip Blake, and mother to Penny Blake. She is the sister in-law to Brian Blake, and the daughter in-law to Rose and Ed Blake. Sarah is mentioned in The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor.

Pre-Apocalypse
Sarah died before the apocalypse began. In fact she died a few years before it even started. Sarah was driving down a road just south of Athens, coming home from visiting a friend at the University of Georgia. She was drunk, and Sarah crashed her car on a twisty road somewhere in Wilkes County, Georgia. Sarah was identified by Philip, putting him and Penny into a temporary state of shock.

After Apocalypse
Even though Sarah died long before the apocalypse, Philip mentioned her a lot throughout the story. When Penny was turned into a Walker, Philip probably thought about the two of them, and how they could be together now in Heaven. This thought made Philip think his heart was being torn away.