Jamie Ann Wilson to be remembered

TEKOA - Friends and family of Jamie Ann Wilson-Spray will gather Saturday, April 13, at Tekoa Event Center to remember a young woman full of life.

"In honor of Jamie, we encourage everyone to wear Converse," said a Celebration of Life posted to her social media page.

Family and friends will gather at 1 p.m. at the center, 139 N. Crosby St., to remember Wilson-Spray, who grew up in Tekoa and was working on her master's degree at Washington State University.

The daughter of Troy and Alicia Wilson, Wilson-Spray is described as a vibrant young woman who appreciated comedy, fine dining and family, but whose life ended abruptly March 26.

Born July 8, 1998, in Salem, Ore., she was the fourth of five children. She graduated from Tekoa High School in 2016.

After graduation, she earned a bachelor's degree in hospitality management from Washington State University, and, at the time of her death, was just weeks away from earning her master's in organizational management and leadership.

Despite attending the university, she was also known for being an executive chef.

The remembrance comes about two weeks after she was found dead in a trailer in Sevdy's trailer park, 605 N.W. Fish St., Pullman, police records show. She had scratches and bruising on her neck when she was found March 26.

Her estranged husband, Jacob Erik Spray, 36, is being held in the Whitman County Jail on $200,000 bail on charges of second-degree murder and third-degree assault.

Wilson-Spray's family and friends filled the court room during an April 5 arraignment.

Spray pleaded not guilty to the charges April 5 before Judge Douglas Robinson, who set a trial date of 9 a.m. June 3.

Spray was arrested in the homicide of Wilson-Spray at about 9:13 p.m. March 26 and booked into the jail at 7:24 the next morning.