Tammy Wynette Erbelding, 55, of Johnson Bayou died Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 in a local hospital.
She was born in Jennings and was a lifelong resident of Johnson Bayou. She was a 1988 graduate of Johnson Bayou High School where she was a member of the track and softball teams. She furthered her education and earned her CNA and LPN certification and license. She worked her younger years in operations for Tennessee Gas and Young’s Country Store. She then began her career with the US Postal Service as mail carrier for Johnson Bayou, Holly Beach and Cameron for nearly 20 years. She was a member of the Beach Committee Board, Johnson Bayou Recreation Committee and the Johnson Bayou Athletic Association Program of which she organized the concessions at the Marshland Festival and Cameron Fishing Festival. She was of Catholic faith and a member of Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church.
She is survived by her son, Richard James Kiffe of Johnson Bayou; parents, James Wakefield Erbelding, Jr. and Wynette Guillory Erbelding of Johnson Bayou; sisters, Jammie Lynn Dudik of Hubbard, Texas and Ashley Renee Stacy of Singer; and brother, James Wakefield “Jim” Erbelding, III of Hackberry.
She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, James Wakefield Erbelding, Sr. and Mildred Rider Harrington and maternal grandparents, Dominic Guillory, Sr. and Genevieve Blanchard Guillory.
Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 15, in the Chapel of Johnson Funeral Home of Sulphur. Rev. Arvind Minz, H.G.N. Interment services follow ed in Head of Hollow Cemetery in Johnson Bayou under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home of Lake Charles.
