She graduated from Odessa High School in 1982. On January 21, 1984 she married her best friend and had two daughters. She graduated from UTPB in 1995 with a Bachelor's Degree in the English Arts.
Shortly after graduation she became a middle-school English teacher and was admired by all her students.
She left this world peacefully at home on Monday, March 9, 2020.
Tammy is Survived by her husband, Evan 'Butch' Gardner, and her daughters, Stacy Randall and Shayna Gardner. Her five grandchildren, Robert, Roselyn, James, Jayden, and Alice.
She also leaves behind her beloved mother, Carolyn Wilson, her brothers Harold Wilson Jr. and Johnny Wilson, and her sisters Vicky Dilley, Dana Brown, and Connie Jackson.
As well as many nieces and nephews that she loved very much.