Jamie Lambert, her friends and family all agreed, always found the good in everything. And it was this positive attitude that defined her courageous five-year battle with cancer. She passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at her residence in Dallas, Texas, just days shy of her 50th birthday.
Though Jamie left us way too soon, she will forever be remembered for her generosity and kindness, not to mention her wry sense of humor and love for spirituality and symbolism. She was drawn to deep conversation, meaningful life experiences, and unique people, but more than anything she was an enormously devoted wife, mother, sister and aunt, and her big heart and infectious personality drew everyone to love and admire her.
The middle of three inseparable sisters, Jamie Herman Lambert was born to Gary and Sydelle (“Scrubby”) Herman in Dallas on July 17, 1970 (though as a lifelong hippie, she probably would have preferred to live through the 60s!) A member of the Sigma Delta Tau sorority, she graduated from the University of Alabama in 1993 and went on to achieve a master’s degree in 2014 to become a Licensed Professional Counselor, fulfilling a lifelong passion to help others.
It was in 1998 that she reconnected with a childhood friend named Kevin Lambert who she married on July 24, 1999. An inseparable team, and the love of each other’s lives, Jamie kept Kevin laughing for more than 20 years.
Jamie lived life on her own terms, never encountering a challenge too hard to face. In July 2015 when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, she made the decision then and there that she would fight it with everything she had. She faced her cancer unapologetically and head-on, continually researching alternative treatments, and always keeping her humor. Over the course of the next five years, her successes and setbacks where chronicled on a “Team Jamie” Facebook page, supported by almost 800 people who knew and loved her. Described by her many friends as “strong,” “fierce,” and a “warrior,” her brave and difficult battle inspired countless others, but most importantly to Jamie, it gave her crucial years to be with Kevin and their three children Garren, Bryson, and Remi. Over the past few months, she was immensely proud to see Garren graduate high school, to help Bryson learn to drive, and to celebrate Remi’s bat mitzvah.
To Jamie, life wasn’t about coincidences, it was about connections. Finding a feather meant her parents were near, and a chance encounter with strangers often revealed a higher meaning. She was predeceased by her parents Gary and Sydelle, and is survived by her husband Kevin, sons Garren and Bryson, and daughter Remi; her sister Dana Rose and brother-in-law Scott Rose and their children Sydney and Hayley; sister Shannon Katz and brother-in-law Gary Katz and their children Grant, Sean, and Layla; her mother-in-law Judy Lambert; sister- and brother-in-law Kate and Scott Lambert and their children Ashton and Duncan; aunt and uncle Julie and Bobby Herman; and more friends than we can count.
Because of current restrictions on large gatherings, a private funeral service for immediate family members will be held.
Ted Dickey West Funeral Home in Dallas, Texas has charge of arrangements.
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