Pamela Carpenter, 61, was born on November 9.1958 to Roosevelt Bell and Jessie Mae Gray in Houston, Texas.

Pamela grew up with her siblings in the home of Silas and Edna Harper; she attended school in both Marshall and Houston, Texas.

Pamela attended BML where she pursued a degree in accounting. She was a huge Dallas Cowboys Fan and loved fishing. She was blessed being raised in a loving Christian home. She later was a Baptist member of Shady Grove A.M.E. Methodist the transferred to Union Missionary Baptist Church where she was an active member and usher.

Pamela enjoyed years of working alongside of her mother, Jessie Gray in home health care, providing other's needs. At time of her death, Pamela was disabled.

Pamela started her family with Luke Alexander where they birthed their first child, Sharonda Gray. Later married Stephen Tidwell where they birthed Ericka Tidwell. Proceeding Steve's death she married Joe Carpenter of Marshall, Texas, 30 years of their unity they raised both children and resided in Marshall, Texas upon her passing.

Pamela was preceded in death by her first husband, Steve Tidwell and Luke Alexander, both sets of grandparents, Silas and Edna Harper and Oscar and Albirna Gray, her mother, Jessie Gray and father, Roosevelt, her brother, Robert Gray, uncles, Sam, CL, Johniee Tucker, and Robert Miller, aunts, Rosetta Jones and Era Miller.

She leaves to mourn her passing her loving, characteristic, and authentic husband, Joe Carpenter, children, Sharonda Gray and Ericka Tidwell (Chris Cash, Jr.), brother, Henry Chalmers, sister, Ella Cunningham Tones, grandchildren, Cedric Jones, Treylm Jones, Marcus Reed, Jr., Stepanie Reed, Erick Reed Chrisalyn and Christopher Cash, Jr., two step-children, LaTasha and Tamika Carpenter, aunts, Ella Mae and Alberta Johnson, uncles, Henry Harper, Rudolph Harper, and James Harper. She also leaves special lifelong friends, Lorraine Evans, Lillian McCowan and Susie Gonzalez, a number of special nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends, all who will miss her dearly.