Tamra Renee Longanecker, 25, of Amarillo died Monday, May 19, 2003.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Jim Bankhead officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by N.S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd.
Mrs. Longanecker was born in Ashland, Ore., and resided in several states following her parents during their music ministry. She graduated from Berkner High School in Richardson and graduated from the University of North Texas, where she was on the track team as a pole-vaulter.
She married Jameson Longanecker on July 24, 1999, in Dallas. She received her master's degree from West Texas A&M University. Tamra was a case worker on the ACT Team with Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation. She was also a very loving and caring wife, daughter, sister, cousin and granddaughter. She was a member of Paramount Terrace Christian Church.
Survivors include her husband; her parents, Keith and Karin Wright of Garland; a brother, Michael Wright of Dallas; a sister, Shara Worden and husband, James, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; her grandparents, Kenneth and Theda Wright of Garland and Eddie Davis of Coffeeville, Kan.; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Ron and Raymona Longanecker of Amarillo; a brother-in-law, Travis Longanecker and wife, Kristi, and their children, Christian Cole Longanecker and Hattie Blake Longanecker, all of Perryton; a sister-in-law, Brooke Wilson and husband, Clinton, of Seattle; an uncle, Barry Wright and wife, Mary, of Phoenix; two aunts, Sharon Ryan and husband, Donald, of Tulsa, Okla., and Marian Wright of Atlanta; and many cousins.
The family suggests memorials be to Christian August Longanecker Memorial Fund at St. Andrews, 1515 S. Georgia St., Amarillo, TX 79102; or Denton Bible Church Mission Work, 1910 E. University Drive, Denton, TX 76209.
Amarillo Globe-News, May 21, 2003
