Tammy Lee Drury, 52, of Beaumont, died Thursday, July 2, 2015, at University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. She was born and raised in Orange, California, on January 22, 1963, to Donna Liermann Hayes and Jerry Hayes, and moved to Beaumont in 1982. Tammy was named after the Tammy Doll, and survived a battle with cancer at the age of 8.

Tammy married Mike on April 8, 1989, and they renewed their vows by Elvis, on April 8, 1999. She wanted to be a lawyer because she liked to argue. Right or wrong, she never lost an argument. Instead she spent twenty years in the title business before working for Attorney Walt Snider, serving as a paralegal. Where ever she worked she would become close to the others in the office. Many clients would want to meet and hug Tammy, just because of all the time she spent on the phone with them.

She is helping others today by being an organ donor.

Her goal for retirement was to sit in a rocking chair and just talk and talk. The Brady Bunch was her favorite show. She loved the beach and was the queen of the 2001 Mardi Gras parade at the beach. She enjoyed her pets, and pulling weeds, and especially loved hanging out with her friends.

Tammy is survived by her husband of twenty-six years, Michael Drury; mother, Donna Hayes, of Orange, California; and sisters, Teri Nehrenz, of Long Beach, California and Teresa Hayes, of Joshua Tree, California.

She is preceded in death by her father, Jerry Hayes.

A gathering of Mrs. Drury’s family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Monday, July 6, 2015, at Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont. Her funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at St. John Lutheran Church, 2955 South Major Drive, Beaumont, with her interment to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont.