Dates
Amantha Gayle Pape Wright, 49, passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2023, in Duplin County, North Carolina. She was born on April 13, 1974, in San Angelo, Texas, to Raymond and Sandra Pape, and graduated from San Angelo Central High School in 1992. She received her Associate Degree in Nursing from Angelo State University in 1995. During her nursing career, Amantha worked at the Schleicher County Medical Center, Med-Way Home Health, and for the last five years in the Oncology Department at Shannon Medical Center where she was much-loved by patients and co-workers alike.
Her co-workers could probably spend hours telling of the fun times they enjoyed with Amantha while laughing and playing jokes on each other. However, when it came time to tend to patients, Amantha was efficient, encouraging and compassionate. She was nominated for the Shannon Hospital Daisy Award several times due to her extraordinary kindness and excellent care of patients.
At the time of her death, Amantha was just embarking upon a new adventure as a traveling/visiting nurse and was due to start her assignment in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on August 28, 2023. She was looking forward to meeting new people and enjoying new scenery and places to visit. In fact, on the day of her death she and husband, Mark, had been to the beach, and her texts to family that day included pictures of the ocean waves and stated that she was sitting on the beach enjoying God’s beautiful creations. She loved her Lord Jesus, and is now safely and happily in His loving presence and seeing Him face to face. She was a member of Paul Ann Baptist Church in San Angelo, Texas.
Amantha will always be remembered for her beautiful smile, contagious laugh, her love for others, her creativity and for her love of stray animals who somehow always managed to find their way to her. As important as her career was to her, nothing was more important than her family. She loved being a mom and grandmother (aka Bebe). Amantha was the one to initiate family gatherings for special occasions, holidays, and vacations. She also loved craft projects and decorating. Pinterist will not be the same without her. As her daughter, Alexys, said, she is probably in the process of redecorating Heaven right now.
Amantha’s dad had the privilege of officiating at her marriage to Mark Wright on June 19, 2021. They died together in a tragic accident on August 26, 2023, near Kenansville, North Carolina. Amantha is survived by her children Alexys, Ashlyn, and Cutter Kane, as well as the loves of her life, her grandsons, Jaxon Cabrera and Antheny Kane. Her third grandson, Carwyn Reed Kane, whom she did not get to see, was born on Sunday, September 10, 2023. Also surviving her are her brother and his wife, Antheny and Michelle Pape, niece Sterling Pape Fielder and husband, Cody, as well as parents, Raymond and Sandra Pape, all of San Angelo. There are several aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends who remain to cherish her memory. Preceding her in death were her grandparents, Ann and Guy Atkins, and Rev. Raymond and Verba Pape.
A celebration of Amantha’s life will be held Friday, September 22, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., at Southland Baptist Church in San Angelo, Texas, with Dr. Chris Curran officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be given to the charity of their choice. The family wishes to thank everyone for their prayers, cards, flowers, food, hugs, texts, and e-mails. Until we see each other again in Heaven, Amantha we love you and will miss you so very much. You were the Sunshine in our lives, and you will never be forgotten. Your laugh, your smile, and your beautiful face are etched in our memories forever. See you soon, sweetheart!