Pam Thomas Northam "is a native Texan who attended Baylor University and the University of Texas", she and Ralph met in San Antonio http://archive.is/Yrfad
if anyone has an ancestry.com subscription, pls confirm her marriage info AND see if her parents are listed.
transcripts only at familysearch.org (need one of their freebie accounts to see pages):
Ralph S Northam married Pamela G Thomas on July 5, 1986 in Bexar (probably county), Texas.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTRB-DRS
San Antonio is partly in Bexar County…
There are 2 Pamela G Thomas' listed born in Texas from 1958 to 1964:
• Pamela Gaye Thomas born Jul 4, 1961 in Pecos (probably county), Texas to James Woodard Thomas & Brenda Gail Dykes
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8NR-P4T
• Pamela Gwyn Thomas born Jun 18, 1962 in Travis (probably county), Texas to Robert Neil Thomas & Betty Rae Mccloskey
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8JV-SKH