The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce held their annual awards banquet on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at the Boathouse Wine Company.

Tammy Fowler knew she wanted to be a nurse since she was in the 3rd grade and she did just that.  She became a registered nurse in 1980 and a Family Nurse Practitioner in 1997.

As Tammy says, she is a city slicker from California.  She married Ken Fowler in 1978 and it was Ken who brought her here to live in Missouri in 1980.

It was  like a foreign country to her.  Tammy and her husband, Ken, built a family here having two daughters, Jennifer and Rebecca and later a granddaughter Kylie and a grandson Triston.

Tammy lost her husband in 2021.  He was a Veteran.  She continues to build their legacy here in the community. She is a member of Mt. Zion Walker General Baptist Church, the Veterans Foreign War Auxiliary and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

She raises some cattle and chickens on their small farm here in Bloomfield and her California family enjoy coming to visit the rural community.

She has spent the majority of her professional career with Missouri Delta Medical Center and most recently with Southeast Health at the Bloomfield Health Clinic.  She enjoys family practice because she gets to know the clients and develops a strong relationship with them, considering them an extension of her family.  Her practice allows her to be there for her extended families who journey through battling serious medical health conditions.  the relationships she has build here in the community with the people she takes care of will last a lifetime.

The clients of Bloomfield truly care for Tammy and it definitely shows.

On behalf of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce, the Woman of the Year Award is dedicated to Tammy Fowler.