If you’ve consumed any of the Paul Finebaum Show, you have at least heard the name “Tammy from Clanton.” The passionate, sometimes vulgar, and always entertaining Auburn fan died tragically in a car accident on Highway 280 near Childersburg, Alabama on Friday morning. Her 3-year-old granddaughter was killed in the crash as well.
Tammy Renae Bullard explained how she became a fixture on Finebaum’s phone line in n a 2016 profile for the Birmingham-based blog Style Blueprint.
Well one day, I was at work and I was griping about Auburn losing. My FedEx driver is an Auburn fan too, and he said, “Tammy, you have got to listen to this,” and he put it on the Finebaum show — on JOX 94.5 FM back then — and I listened to it in his truck for a few minutes, and I said, “Hey, who in the world do these people think they are? These Alabama fans ain’t got nothing, not a clue!” Well, I tell you what, that’s what made me call … “Shane from Center Point.” He made me so mad talking about Auburn the way he was talking about Auburn, and I just told my FedEx driver, “Do you know this number?” and we waited for him to say it over on the show, and I called in right then and there and responded to “Shane from Center Point.”
Finebaum Tweeted his condolences on Friday afternoon. Her death was acknowledged and condolences were offered by ESPN’s College Gameday crew on Saturday morning.
It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our friend and loyal Auburn fan Tammy has died. #RIPTammy pic.twitter.com/ZdDCZPFJwX
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) November 16, 2018
The car Tammy and her granddaughter were traveling in collided with a tanker truck carrying explosive material. The driver of the truck was airlifted to UAB Medical Center. The crash forced an evacuation of all homes and businesses from within one-mile radius. Tammy Bullard was 52-years-old.
