Tammie Halloway was born on July 16, 1964, in Prince George’s County, Maryland, where she graduated from Riverdale Park High School in 1982. She gave birth to her daughter, Nicole, in 1988 and her son, David, in 1992. Tammie became Tammie Alexander when married the love of her life, Kirk Alexander, on January 27, 1995. She lost her father, James Delmar Halloway, to lung cancer in 2003 and was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer in late 2012. She lived in Mechanicsville, MD until 2018, when she moved with Kirk and David to North Carolina. Tammie died at her home in Havelock, NC on November 19, 2021.

Tammie always loved being a friend, sister (to Donnie), daughter (to Mary & Jim), wife, and mom. Before cancer, she enjoyed shopping, making sales pitches in DC (mostly for the lunches), gardening, going to the beach, listening to classic rock and R&B, rescuing animals, and embarrassing her kids with public displays of affection for her husband. 

In the last decade of her life, Tammie indulged in daytime television, junk food, and naps. She remained crazy about her husband and fiercely protective and proud of her kids. She loved spending time with her dog, Sam, and her grand-dog, Luke. 

Our family will honor her no-frills and no-spectacles approach to life by not hosting formal services. Instead, we encourage you to share your favorite memories and photos of Tammie/mom on her memorial site. Her life, so interrupted and changed by cancer, can't be captured by us alone; please help us remember every version of Tammie... yes, even the wild one (we know she had quite a life before us!). 

Tammie will be loved and missed, always.