Tammy Jean Parker

ARLINGTON — Tammy Parker loving wife and mother passed into the arms of our Lord, Saturday May 3rd after a brave battle with cancer. She will be missed by her family and many friends. Celebration of Life: There will be a celebration of Tammy’s life at the Parker home on Sunday May 25, 2014 at 1:30pm. Born Tammy Jean Shaw in Fall River Mills California in 1962 to Harvey and Jeanette Shaw, the third of four children she grew up in the Sacramento suburb of Citrus Heights. In 1983 the she moved to Durango Colorado where she would meet her future husband, Chris Parker, and move to Arlington. Tammy was a Platinum Certified Service Advisor for Honda having worked for Huggins Honda and McDavid Honda. For the past five years she had worked for Candrell Car Care in Carrollton as Manager. She enjoyed her work and seeing to it that people were treated honestly and fairly. She enjoyed dancing, classic country music, reading Stephen King novels, occasional trips to the casino and spending time with her husband and children. Survivors: She is survived by her husband, daughter Rachel, son Travis, mother Jeanette, father Harvey, brother Charlie and sister-in law Iona, sister Rae-Marie and brother-in-law John Crabtree, brother Terry and sister-in-law Caroline, brother -in-law Richard and his wife Karen and brother-in-law Craig and his wife Sharon. She is also survived by nephew Christopher Crabtree and nieces Margaret Crabtree , Tara Shaw, Krista Shaw and Tabitha Muhn and her Aunt Lorraine and cousins Lyn, Bill and Lori.