Tanya Marie Davis was born on Dec 5, 1958 to McWilliam and Kay Davis in Washington DC. She passed away on March 12, 2022, in Oklahoma City. She spent the first two years of her life on the east coast before the family moved to Fairview, Oklahoma in 1961. She spent her early years playing on the farm. She went on to attend Progressive School and then Fairview High School where she was a formidable basketball player, played the clarinet in the band, and had a wide circle of friends.
Her personal journey into recovery was the catalyst that led her to spend the rest of her life helping others and inspired her to pursue counseling and therapy as a career. She attended Oklahoma City University, followed by NWOSU where she received a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Behavioral Sciences. Throughout her career Tanya worked at inpatient as well as outpatient facilities and she was the recipient of an International Counseling Fellowship in 1993 and worked at a street clinic in Nottingham, England for six months.
In the early 2000's, Tanya founded Substance Abuse Program Professionals (SAPP), a non-profit that provides counseling, DUI school and, for a time, a safe house. At various times, she filled in as an interim director at Northwest Treatment Center for several months to keep that residential treatment center from closing. She did the same with the YWCA. Tanya would serve in various positions when they needed her expertise and leadership. She worked in the halfway house at the YWCA and in various other positions. She also served as Clinical Director at ATS Counseling which resulted in many wonderful friendships. In 2019, Tanya received the Jack Way Oklahoma Drug/Alcohol Professional Counselor of the Year Award for long term support and commitment to the drug and alcohol counseling profession.
The final step in her career journey was as Program Director at Catalyst Behavioral Services in Enid, where the staff became another family. Tanya married John Kennedy in 1980 and the couple was blessed with a son, Elijah Baird Kennedy on April 1, 1982 who became the focal point of her life.
In 1999, Tanya married Melvin Robinett and they were happily at each other's' side until Melvin's passing in 2009. Their union blessed Tanya with granddaughters to love on and she doted on them endlessly and viewed them as her own.
Her personal journey into recovery was the catalyst that led her to spend the rest of her life helping others and inspired her to pursue counseling and therapy as a career. She attended Oklahoma City University, followed by NWOSU where she received a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Behavioral Sciences. Throughout her career Tanya worked at inpatient as well as outpatient facilities and she was the recipient of an International Counseling Fellowship in 1993 and worked at a street clinic in Nottingham, England for six months.
In the early 2000's, Tanya founded Substance Abuse Program Professionals (SAPP), a non-profit that provides counseling, DUI school and, for a time, a safe house. At various times, she filled in as an interim director at Northwest Treatment Center for several months to keep that residential treatment center from closing. She did the same with the YWCA. Tanya would serve in various positions when they needed her expertise and leadership. She worked in the halfway house at the YWCA and in various other positions. She also served as Clinical Director at ATS Counseling which resulted in many wonderful friendships. In 2019, Tanya received the Jack Way Oklahoma Drug/Alcohol Professional Counselor of the Year Award for long term support and commitment to the drug and alcohol counseling profession.
The final step in her career journey was as Program Director at Catalyst Behavioral Services in Enid, where the staff became another family. Tanya married John Kennedy in 1980 and the couple was blessed with a son, Elijah Baird Kennedy on April 1, 1982 who became the focal point of her life.
In 1999, Tanya married Melvin Robinett and they were happily at each other's' side until Melvin's passing in 2009. Their union blessed Tanya with granddaughters to love on and she doted on them endlessly and viewed them as her own.
Tanya Marie Davis was born on Dec 5, 1958 to McWilliam and Kay Davis in Washington DC. She passed away on March 12, 2022, in Oklahoma City. She spent the first two years of her life on the east coast before the family moved to Fairview, Oklahoma in 1961. She spent her early years playing on the farm. She went on to attend Progressive School and then Fairview High School where she was a formidable basketball player, played the clarinet in the band, and had a wide circle of friends.
Her personal journey into recovery was the catalyst that led her to spend the rest of her life helping others and inspired her to pursue counseling and therapy as a career. She attended Oklahoma City University, followed by NWOSU where she received a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Behavioral Sciences. Throughout her career Tanya worked at inpatient as well as outpatient facilities and she was the recipient of an International Counseling Fellowship in 1993 and worked at a street clinic in Nottingham, England for six months.
In the early 2000's, Tanya founded Substance Abuse Program Professionals (SAPP), a non-profit that provides counseling, DUI school and, for a time, a safe house. At various times, she filled in as an interim director at Northwest Treatment Center for several months to keep that residential treatment center from closing. She did the same with the YWCA. Tanya would serve in various positions when they needed her expertise and leadership. She worked in the halfway house at the YWCA and in various other positions. She also served as Clinical Director at ATS Counseling which resulted in many wonderful friendships. In 2019, Tanya received the Jack Way Oklahoma Drug/Alcohol Professional Counselor of the Year Award for long term support and commitment to the drug and alcohol counseling profession.
The final step in her career journey was as Program Director at Catalyst Behavioral Services in Enid, where the staff became another family. Tanya married John Kennedy in 1980 and the couple was blessed with a son, Elijah Baird Kennedy on April 1, 1982 who became the focal point of her life.
In 1999, Tanya married Melvin Robinett and they were happily at each other's' side until Melvin's passing in 2009. Their union blessed Tanya with granddaughters to love on and she doted on them endlessly and viewed them as her own.
Her personal journey into recovery was the catalyst that led her to spend the rest of her life helping others and inspired her to pursue counseling and therapy as a career. She attended Oklahoma City University, followed by NWOSU where she received a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Behavioral Sciences. Throughout her career Tanya worked at inpatient as well as outpatient facilities and she was the recipient of an International Counseling Fellowship in 1993 and worked at a street clinic in Nottingham, England for six months.
In the early 2000's, Tanya founded Substance Abuse Program Professionals (SAPP), a non-profit that provides counseling, DUI school and, for a time, a safe house. At various times, she filled in as an interim director at Northwest Treatment Center for several months to keep that residential treatment center from closing. She did the same with the YWCA. Tanya would serve in various positions when they needed her expertise and leadership. She worked in the halfway house at the YWCA and in various other positions. She also served as Clinical Director at ATS Counseling which resulted in many wonderful friendships. In 2019, Tanya received the Jack Way Oklahoma Drug/Alcohol Professional Counselor of the Year Award for long term support and commitment to the drug and alcohol counseling profession.
The final step in her career journey was as Program Director at Catalyst Behavioral Services in Enid, where the staff became another family. Tanya married John Kennedy in 1980 and the couple was blessed with a son, Elijah Baird Kennedy on April 1, 1982 who became the focal point of her life.
In 1999, Tanya married Melvin Robinett and they were happily at each other's' side until Melvin's passing in 2009. Their union blessed Tanya with granddaughters to love on and she doted on them endlessly and viewed them as her own.
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