Tamatha C. Cummings, 39

April 9, 2012

Tamatha Christine Cummings was born in Enid, Okla., and moved with her family to Washington in June of 1973. She graduated from Mary Walker High School and married Jamie Cummings a year later. They built a home and a family right outside of Springdale.
She is survived by her parents, Grady and Cyndi Johnson; a sister, Kim Johnson and her sons, Dylan and Kevin Smith; her husband, Jamie Cummings; her children, Jerika Cummings, Kyle Cummings and Cody Pardun; brother-in-law, Hoss Cummings, his wife, Chere Cummings and their sons, Wade and Grant Cummings; and several other family members.
She is predeceased by her grandparents, Paul and Pearl Henry and Grady and Betty Johnson; her mother-in-law, Lonnie Anderson; and her father-in-law, Gary Cummings.
She worked as a nurse and manager at the Chewelah Community Health Center. She loved caring for people and her patients meant so much to her.
She was a beloved mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin and friend. She passed from this world the morning of Friday, April 6, 2012.
A funeral service will be held at the Springdale Community Church on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at 1 p.m. A luncheon will follow at the Springdale Grange for friends and family.