Pamela Laverne Jackson, 66, of Glendale, Arizona was born on January 9, 1955 and entered into heaven on March 30, 2021. Pamela was born in New York City, New York to Louvenia Mattie (Boyd) and Willie Lee Thacker.
Pamela grew up in The Bronx with her 4 siblings and her two parents, she was always a New York native no matter where she lived you could take the girl out of NY, but you can never take NY out of her, New York was always in her. She Lived most of her Adult life in the Bronx then she moved to Newberry South Carolina where Both her parents were born. She loved the country and the outdoors, then she Moved to Ohio for numerous years to then move to Arizona when she was ready to retire and enjoy the desert, but she loved her Children the most Pamela had four children Yolanda Barnett, Gregory Bowen, Timeka Shippy and Taij Jones (Her Sweet Prince). She loved them all in her own way and she always did what was right for them and their children.
Pamela was a hard-working and spiritual person. She was a Diehard Dallas Cowboys Fan, if you seen her you seen Dallas something on her! She worked various jobs but her most accomplished job was when she started her own carpet cleaning business in Youngstown Ohio, and only employed her family to do the jobs. She was always thinking Family First! Her passion was her family, and Traveling she always wanted to go someplace and see something new Paris was where she dreamed of living and never coming back to the states if she made it there, and her greatest joy was her 10 grandchildren, she loved and nurtured them all like they were her own babies and she always put them first above anything else she had going on, she always thought of others before herself, but It was always family first. She lived her life on her own terms even in the end the way she wanted and never had any regrets Cancer was NOT going to Stop her.
Pamela will always be remembered for her Loud, Outspoken, Loving Characteristics and her ability to always say what she means and mean what she SAID!! Her motto in life was God Bless the Child that’s Got its Own. she was a huge Billie Holiday Fan so those words she always drilled them into her children and Grandchildren’s heads for their entire lives and she instilled that in them so they would know that no matter what God will bless you as long as you are making a way outta no way!
She will reunite in heaven with her Mother Louvenia Mattie Thacker, her Father Willie Lee Thacker, her baby sister Apostle Chyrel Thacker-Brown, Paul Boyd, Titus Town, and John Maddox .
She leaves behind to Cherish her Memory her children, Yolanda Barnett (of Cleveland Ohio), Gregory Bowen (New York), Timeka Shippy (Glendale, Arizona), and Taij Jones (her Sweet Prince In Glendale, Arizona). God daughters La' Verne Adams, Talora McCalla, Sha' Roya Manning. Her adopted kids Derrick Arnold, Shalla Dabney-King and Kelly (Ms. Kelly) Childs. Her 10 Grandchildren, Rufus Barnett (Pudding), Andre Barnett (Lil Man), Brionna Stone (Suga Darling), Faith Barnett (Cue Pie), Ayanna Childs (Grandma), Eric Mann Jr. (Summertime) Heavenly Barnett (Just Heavenly) Tyrie Bowen (Eli), Mekhi Stone (Hey Man), Tanaya Jones (Pretty Momma), and her 4 Great-Grandchildren, Sharodman Lay AKA Pooh (Honey Bun), Dreyon Barnett, (Handsome Thing) Promise Mitchell (Angel Baby), Bradyn Walker (Badman). She leaves her Sister Brenda Thacker Maddox, Her brothers William Thacker and Randy Thacker, Cory Thacker, Leroy Miller, Shirley Miller, and David Ziegler and a host of and Nieces and Nephews That she loved Dearly.
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