Tammy Elizabeth Howard, age 57, of East End, Arkansas passed away on August 10, 2025 after a long battle with Small Stem Cell Cancer. She was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on January 26, 1968 to Blas Gonzales and Patricia Waddell.
Tammy joined her relatives both sets of her grandparents; her father Blas Gonzales; aunts Janice, Barbara, Virginia, Romine, Susie; uncles Larry, Bill, Rubin, Jessie, John; nephew Eric Gonzales; sister Sherry Lenox; grandson Watt; and many cousins.
Survivors include her mother Pat Waddell; husband Dan Howard; 11 kids Danielle Howard, Janelle Howard, Dakota Howard, Dalton Howard, Jake Pender, David Tipton all of Little Rock, Ashley Tipton of Florida, Ashley Blakley (Mikki) of Little Rock, Justin Tipton of Florida, Robert Tipton of Crestview, FL, and Brandon Gonzales (Nicole) of Little Rock; 10 grandkids; 4 sisters Melissa Baker (James) of Earl, AR, Taunya Gonzales of Little Rock, Stacy (Rochelle) of Denver, CO; 5 brothers Blas Gonzales (Angie) of Wisconsin, Jeffery Gonzales of Arkansas, Tony Gonzales of Wisconsin, Greg Gonzales (Kim) of Oklahoma, Dennis Gonzales of Wisconsin; along with lots of cousins, nieces, nephews, extended family, and her special friends from church, CARTI, Facebook, and Amazon.
Tammy’s favorite holiday was Christmas. Ask Amazon – they know her name all year and every day. Tammy’s past time was spending time with her family, fishing, swimming or even camping. She enjoyed helping others. She loved red roses, sunflowers, and the color blue. Her favorite foods included steak, potatoes, corn, and shrimp. Tammy loved her family, especially her kids and grandkids and even her friends’ kids.
Visitation will be held on Monday, August 18, 2025 from 6:00-8:00pm in the chapel at A Natural State Funeral Service. Funeral Service will follow on Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 10:00am in the chapel.
Arrangements by A Natural State Funeral Service 2620 West Main Street, Jacksonville, Arkansas 72076. 501-982-3400. Online guestbook available at www.anaturalstatefuneralservice.com
11 Comments
Tammy will be missed, she was a sweet lady and good friend..Sending prayers to ALL the family!
I will love you to the end of my life baby , my life will be about our children … I hope your in our fathers arms and with your dad and sherry , till we need again .
Elizabeth
My dear friend you fought with everything you had in you. God needed an Angel & called you home. I gave you all my strength wile you were here now I pass on all my strength to Dan & Your Family. You earned your wins
Tammy. I will miss our talks. R.IP. Angel Tammy.
REST EASY MY SWEET FRIEND
My heart goes out to all of yall . We all grew up in a small town in Arkansas “Hughes” tammy was such a sweet friend always nice praying for all and may god heal your pain ….
My dear sweet NIL, Tammy, i am going to miss you more than I can put into words. You were my confidant, my sounding board when I needed to vent and vice versa, and more like a Sister to me than my NIL. You were a “One of a Kind” in my book, and you will be missed dearly, BUT never forgotten!!! I know you and Mamaw are together again, and I’m sure she is singing your praises in Heaven like she did here on Earth!!! She loved you so much, and everytime we came down to AR to visit her, she always bragged on you! Fly high my sweet NIL, no more pain and suffering for you. Till we meet again, you will always be in my thoughts and forever in my Heart…🙏❤️🙏
Dan and family, our thoughts and prayers for all of you. Tammy was a beautiful person inside and out. She will be missed by many.
Tammy and I were just strangers on Facebook. We met over her having some questions about diet . It wasn’t too much after that she found out she had cancer. I prayed for her often, and I would also send her songs to help encourage her and give her hope in her walk and faith in Jesus. She is in heaven now, there is no doubt in my mind. Rest forever, Tammy.
She will be missed I remember when we were young had few laughs RIP cousin
Tammy, im so sad that you were taken away from us so early in life. As we all know, thats part of God’s plan so we have to accept that. You were such an amazing lady and loved by so many. We met through my niece (Dani) and your girls; Janelle and Lil Dani, as we called her. I was so happy to have met you and some of your family and I Pray that I will still get to see the girls. I will also continue to keep your family in my Prayers as they get adjusted. I continue to send my love along with those Prayers. I hope you and the girls know if y’all need someone to talk to, im here.
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