Mrs. Tammy L. Stites was born on September 13, 1957 in Springfield, Missouri to Dean and Betty Tennis. She later moved to Kansas and then to Drummond, Oklahoma, where she met a boy who would later become her husband for the next 45 years. Tammy loved her children and grandchildren. She left this world on May 21, 2020 to be with her daughter. Tammy was precededin death by her daughter, Melissa Kaye Stites, mother, Betty McMahan, father, Dean Tennis, and sister, Deana Cowsar. Left to cherish her memory includes her husband of 45 years, Dee Stites, of the home, daughter, Samantha Stites of Shawnee, Oklahoma, granddaughter, Hailey Stites of Shawnee, Oklahoma, granddaughter, Makayla Austin of Tulsa, Oklahoma and grandson, Zaiden Neil of Shawnee, Oklahoma.