Tipping - Pamela "Pam" Jane Tipping, age 73, of Callahan, Florida was born July 29, 1948, to Mack and Dorothy Hicks in Ancon, Canal Zone, Panama where she was also raised. She passed peacefully on July 18, 2022, after a courageous battle with ALS. It would be an understatement to say Pam passed without a fight. Truth is, she had always been a fighter. To tell her she couldn't do something, would only push her harder to prove you wrong. Pam graduated from Balboa High School in Panama on June 3, 1966, where she would meet the biological father of her only child, a daughter. She always said she had no other children because she was blessed with the perfect one the first time around. Little did she know, her daughter admired her most and aspired to be just like her. Pam was a proud member of the Panama Canal Zone Society and was honored to be called a CZ Brat.  She was also an accomplished guitar and piano player, having her own band in high school. Pam held many positions in the secretarial field to support her daughter.  However, her favorite was with Glidco from where she retired. Unbeknownst to her at the time, this is where she would meet the husband, Michael, who she would marry on February 14, 2015. He would later adopt her daughter in March 2017. Pam settled in Jacksonville, Florida in 1972, where she raised her daughter until they moved to her forever home in Callahan, Florida in 1986. She was not only a mother but also a wife, daughter, sister, Tia, and friend but her most prized pseudonym was Nana. Pam is preceded in death by her parents, Mack and Dorothy Hicks; best friend, Jeanne Williams; son-in-law, Tom Means and beloved dachshund, Oliver.

Pam is survived by her husband, Michael Tipping; sister-in-law, Jane (Paul) Tipping; daughter, Amyjo Means; grandsons, TJ (Kayla) Walker, Brendan Means; great- granddaughter, Kynlie Walker; bonus great-grandchildren, Leland Bennett, Brantley Bennett, Rozlyn Bennett, Trey Popp, Will Brooks, Kamaya Berg, Kaden Walker; siblings, Kenneth (Kimberly) Hicks, Richard Hicks, Judyrhea Buell; several nieces and nephews; numerous great nieces and nephews; as well as her dachshund, Princess Sophie.

A Celebration of Pam's Life will be On Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at 7:00pm at Nassau Funeral Home.  The arrangements are under the care and direction of Nassau Funeral Home, 541720 US-1, Callahan, Florida 32011, 904-879-1770. Visit www.nassaufh.com to sign the family's guest book.