Pamela Jewel Arnold
Pamela Jewel Arnold, 61, of Waycross passed into eternity Wednesday evening, August 12, 2020, at Satilla Hospice House, in Waycross, after a valiant battle against cancer.
She was born in Columbus to the late James C. Arnold, Sr. and Shirley Meadows Arnold of Monticello. Pam attended Jasper County Schools and graduated from Piedmont Academy, where she served as Valedictorian of her senior class and captain of the Cougar cheerleading squad. She spent summers at the Monticello Jaycee pool where she served as a life guard. Additionally as a youth, she attended numerous functions at the Monticello First United Methodist Church.
She attended and earned a BS in accounting from Columbus State University. Pam held a variety of career positions ranging from management in the hospitality industry, business manager, first at the Gainesville RYDC and later at the Columbus RYDC, Deputy Warden of Rutledge State Prison, Financial Clerk at The Infantry Center Federal Credit Union (TIC), Executive Assistant with Tri-State Laundry Companies, and Counselor with the Georgia Department of Community Supervision – Rouse Day Reporting Center.
She loved the beach, playing tennis, softball, her husky, Champ, and especially her family, friends, and church and work family in Waycross, Monticello, and Columbus. She really enjoyed and encouraged family barbecues, fish fries, and home cooked meals throughout her lifetime. She was an active member of City Boulevard Church of Christ where her talent and hospitality was evident in church functions.
Along with her father she was preceded in death by her grandparents, Leon H. and Louisa Meadows, Gertha Huggins Arnold and C.W. Arnold, as well as uncles, Jerry L. Arnold and William Ivey.
Survivors include her mother, Shirley M. Arnold, of Monticello, her brother, James C. Arnold, Jr., (Debbie) of Waycross, her sister, Nancy Arnold Wood of Monticello, and an aunt, Geneice Arnold Ivey of Jacksonville, Fla. Additionally she leaves nieces and a nephew, Delaney Wood, John C. Wood, Christillie Wood, of Monticello and Caitlyn Arnold Newsome of Waycross. She also treasured time with a great-nephew, Slade T. Newsome, also of Waycross.
Visitation will be in the chapel at Miles-Odum Funeral Home in Waycross, on Sunday, August, 16 and will begin at 2 p.m., in the afternoon, followed by her funeral at 3 p.m. Graveside services will be held Monday morning, August 17, at 11 a.m., at West View Cemetery in Monticello. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Pam’s name are accepted at The Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, 8737 Colesville Rd, Suite 400, Silver Spring, Md. 20910, the American Cancer Society, or City Boulevard Church of Christ Youth Fund, 618 City Blvd, Waycross, GA 31501.
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