Pamela M. Barnett

Pamela was born in Columbus, Ohio on May 13, 1954. Her parents were Robert Daniel Willis, and Patricia Moore Willis. She attended St. Thomas The Apostle Catholic Elementary School, and graduated from Bishop Hartley High School in Columbus, Ohio (Class of 1972). She also attended Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio and Baldwin-Wallace University in Berea Ohio.

Pamela had a long career in IT, serving in various technical roles in New York, Ohio, and California. She started at the General Electric Data Center in Schenectady, NY before transferring to General Electric’s Worldwide Data Center in Cleveland, Oh as a computer operator. She then worked at the Control Data Corporation Data Center (later renamed as “The Service Bureau”) as a Technical Customer Support Analyst. She later continued her career working for Sybase in Emeryville, CA as a Database Customer Service Engineer where she had opportunities to travel around the world on assignments ranging from days to months as an “Ambassador Engineer”. She later worked for Remedy Corporation, and other high-tech companies in the San Francisco Silicon Valley.

Pamela is survived by her husband, Roger Daniel Barnett. They were married for 50 years, and had three children (now adults): Latrice Evelyn Barnett (Seattle, WA), Andrea Danielle Barnett (Jacksonville, FL), and Alexander Vincent Barnett (Jacksonville, FL). She is also survived by her younger brother, Timothy Patrick Willis (Phoenix, AZ). They had two grandchildren: Hendrix Lucien Kiely and Langston Aimery Kiely (both Seattle, WA), and their father Daniel John Kiely, Jr (Seattle, WA, Latrice’s spouse). She is also survived by Daniel Allen Harmen, Jr (Jacksonville, FL), Andrea’s significant other.

When Pamela’s husband was transferred from San Francisco to Jacksonville, Fl, she changed her focus from a technology career to art and service. She first took up painting, and then began creating hand-made jewelry. She created her own company (JewelryCoolery) and participated in various arts and crafts events around North and Central Florida and South Georgia. She was a long-time regular at the Jacksonville Art Walk, and eventually became one of their featured artists. She taught after-school art classes to children at local elementary schools, and most recently, she taught art classes to seniors at several local retirement homes.

She loved cuisine, and when she could no longer take advantage of the numerous fine restaurants in the Bay Area, she remembered techniques taught to her as a child by her favorite uncle (once a chef saucier at the Waldorf Astoria Restaurant in New York city), and she was often able to emulate her best experiences from restaurants in her own kitchen.

Pamela will be greatly missed by her loving husband, family, and friends.