Tammie Kaye Dubose, 48, of Kilgore, Texas, died Friday, November 23, 2012.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at St. Helen Catholic Church in Orangefield with Father George Kidangen officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.

Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, with a Rosary at 7:30 p.m. recited by Deacon Tim Istre.

Born in Port Arthur on December 18, 1963, Tammie was the daughter of Arthur Morgan, Jr. and Brenda Bourque Howard. She was a 1982 Bridge City graduate and attended McNeese State University and Lamar University in Beaumont.

Tammie formerly worked at the Orange Leader and was an art teacher at West Orange Stark Middle School during 1999 through 2001. She was also substitute teacher at Bridge City ISD, an art teacher at Kilgore Middle School and worked at FedEx office in Longview.

Tammie is preceded in death by her grandparents, Arthur and Sarah Morgan, Harris Bourque; nephew, Colton Allison; and uncle, Tony Bourque.

Tammie is survived by her mother and dad, Brenda and Freddie Howard of Bridge City; father, Arthur Morgan, Jr. of Port Arthur; son, Dustin Dubose of Bridge City; grandmother, Eve Bourque of Groves; sisters and brothers-in-law, Melissa Morgan Elizondo and Rudy of Cibolo, Michelle Howard Garcia of Bridge City, Tracy Howard Allison and Michael of Bridge City; and nieces and nephews, Victor, Chad, Taylor, Jacob, Sierra, Macy, Christina, and Rebecca.