Tammy O’Brien
Hometown: Pineville, Mo.
Family: Husband, Donnie; sons, Dustin and Colt; and daughter McKenzie; and a new grandson, Miles.
In Town: Tammy is the primary fixture at the couple’s real estate agency, O’Brien Realty, located just off Highway 49 and across from Walmart in Jane, Mo. The couple have operated the realty company since 2007.
“Donnie got his license in 2006 and I got mine in 2010,” Tammy said. “Today we have six agents and the office licensed in both Oklahoma and Missouri.”
“I love meeting new people and having the independence to go out and look at different properties,” she says.
Before Tammy met Donnie she worked in quality control at a plastics injection plant in Nixa, Mo.
In the Country: Tammy is a Missouri farm gal for as long as she can remember. She grew up on her grandparent’s, Herbert and Lula Ladd’s, cattle ranch near Sparta, Mo. Her passion since moving to McDonald County, Mo., is showing cutting horses, of which she owns three. Her favorite buddy, Smart Play Who, is now retired and living the life of luxury.
“Donnie won World Champion in 2005 on him and I placed in the top 10 in 2006,” Tammy said. “We sold him to some friends when we thought we might not compete as much, but they knew how I felt about him and I got him back.”
Tammy is just now getting back into her riding routine after suffering a broken leg in January.
She hopes to travel to some competitions in the region this fall. When they are not on the road for work or play, the O’Brien’s care for their roughly 600 acres and run Angus/Limousin cross cattle.
