Pansy grew up in the Wesley Chapel Church community near Boy Scout Road. She loved animals and grew up with dogs, cats, a goat, and other rescued pets.
Pansy was a self-taught pianist from the age of three, often performing pieces she had heard on the radio or on records. Pansy’s mother wanted her to take piano lessons and after a few lessons the piano teacher told MS Nell that she could not help Pansy learn to read music, because every song the teacher would play, Pansy would memorize the song and play it back.

Pansy and her husband Gerald have been married for approximately 42 years. Pansy is the mother of two sons, and she has five grandchildren: four granddaughters and one grandson, who was named in honor of her father, Luke.

Pansy is also a very talented artist. Nothing was ever too difficult for her. Pansy specialized in Sculpting, Murals, Portraits and Interior decorating. During Gerald’s professional career we moved numerous time and Pansy would always decorate the houses we purchased and when it was time to relocate to another area, our houses was never on the market more than a few days or few weeks.