Tammy (Hoot) McHargue

Tammy (Hoot) McHargue, age 58 of Gatesville, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 in Gatesville.

Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 26, 2022 at Greenwood Cemetery, south of Emporia, Kansas.  Memorial services are scheduled from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 30, 2022 at the Gatesville Rodeo Arena.

Tammy Gay McHargue was born on November 1, 1963 in Emporia, Kansas to Charlotte Olsen Wessel and the late Ronald Wessel.  She grew in Emporia, Kansas and graduated from Emporia High School in 1982.  She married Jackie McHargue in 1987 and they moved to Gatesville in 1998.  She loved horses and animals and enjoyed helping with the Coryell County 4-H. Tammy enjoyed riding horses and was a jockey, being named Leading Rider Apprentice in the state in 1990.  She was an artist and a floral designer, working at Graves Florist.

Tammy is survived by her husband, Jackie McHargue; daughter, Tara Lovorn and husband, Cole; mother, Charlotte Wessel; grandchildren, Garrett Lovorn, Holten Lovorn and Zella Lovorn to be born in November; sisters, Rhonda Atkinson and husband, Eric; Brenda Wessel; Ginger Wessel.