Tammie Sue Haynes

Tammie Sue Haynes of Willis, Texas passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at the age of 59 in Twin Hills, Oklahoma. She was born to Jimmy and Betty (Souders) Haynes in Okmulgee, Oklahoma on August 11, 1963. Tammie started school in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and graduated from Morris High School in 1981. She continued her education at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, receiving a bachelor’s degree in International Relations in 1985. Tammie spent her junior year of college in Nice, France as the first foreign exchange student from Hendrix College, where she became fluent in French. She attended law school at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., receiving her Juris Doctorate in 1988. Upon completing law school, she moved to Houston, Texas where she went to work as a corporate attorney for Baker Botts. She later was corporate counsel for Great Lakes Carbon. From there, she went to work for Bill Koch at Oxbow Corporation. After retiring from Oxbow Corporation in 2013, she performed volunteer work as a mediator for Montgomery County, Texas. Tammie was an accomplished English dressage rider who also owned and operated a horse stable in Spring, Texas for many years. Another of her interests was writing. As a child, she always wrote poetry and short stories. As an adult, she attended the renowned creative writing program at the University of Iowa and became a published author on subjects ranging from gardening to political articles that were published on TheHill.com. Starting in college, Tammie became an enthusiastic world traveler and visited 63 countries and every continent except for Antarctica. When the Covid pandemic limited travel destinations, she found Africa was easier to access and subsequently made many trips to various countries and destinations in Africa. Tammie especially loved the African photo safari trips and took thousands of beautiful wildlife photographs. She had just recently met her goal of being welcomed into the Million Mile Club with United Airlines. She is survived by her parents Jim and Betty, her English Bulldog Jackson, sister Kimberly Haynes-Neill and husband Robby, nephews Matthew Britt and Weston Britt and wife Danielle, aunts Lola Taylor, Sara Denham, uncle Paul Souders and wife Thelma, and numerous cousins. She is preceded in death by her grandparents Clifford Haynes, Mary Haynes, James W. Souders, Sula Souders, Ruby Souders, uncles Robert Leon Haynes, Donald Leroy Haynes and aunt Dona Connell. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at the Beggs First Assembly of God Church with Pastor Robert Yandell officiating. Interment will immediately follow at the Okmulgee Cemetery. Arrangements have been entrusted to the McClendon-Winters Funeral Home of Okmulgee. Memories, condolences, photos and videos may be shared with the family on Tammie’s Tribute Page of our website at www.mcclendon-winters.com

Tammie Sue Haynes

August 11, 1963 - February 8, 2023