Pamela M. Johnson, 70, of Avon Park, died Saturday, January 22, 2017 at Vitas Hospice.  A native of Anderson, Missouri, she had lived here since 1955.  She was a member of Union Church.  Pamela was a graduate of Florida State University having taught elementary school, then into working as a social worker.  She is survived by her mother, Georgia Mason; brother, John Mason, Avon Park; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Pamela wrote a poem about her grandfather:

The Best Grandfather

The best grandfather has nice gray hair,

And an admittedly enlarging bald spot.

He has twinkly blue eyes that crinkle and smile

And the rest of him laughs a lot.

He's the patriarch of our family clan

Thought it's spread from sea to sea.

He's kind and loving to all his kids

From ages three to ninety-three.

His favorite person is everyone.

He loves to sit and chat.

Everybody is his friend

He likes animals except a cat.

He's part of the backbone of the Church

Without his help it would fall.

From banking the money to sweeping the floor,

He has taken part in it all.

His granddaughter he calls "Beautiful"

Will be so very happy

To sit down at the Christmas table

And see at the head, her Grampy!