Bien S. Pammit

Bienvenido Pammit, age 85, passed away on December 12, 2025. He was born on April 4, 1940, to Francisco and Clemencia Pammit. He was a Certified Public Accountant.

Bien is known for his Pammit sense of humor. In his younger years, he was notorious for playing practical jokes on everyone. And this was just the beginning of how he demonstrated his creativity in many ways. He had a green thumb. He loved growing Ilocano vegetables like ampalaya or marunggay and had beautiful sampaguita flowers. His son, Bernard, remembers his dad's creativity even in culinary explorations such as Kimchi, or in always bringing empty tennis ball containers during long drives (for what, every Pammit relative or for that matter, any Texan guy should know!)

Bien was definitely passionate about tennis. He was introduced to the sport by Mr. Gabbard, his former boss, and never stopped playing since. He got all his brothers playing tennis as well. He started teaching his son, BJ, as early as 5 or 6 years old and was proud to see BJ succeed in the world of tennis as a full-time instructor and eventually as tennis Director at Lifetime Frisco. As Bien reached wisdom years, he turned to playing pickle ball and got obsessed with it to the point of creating his own racket.

Bien served as president for the Filipino American (FilAm) Association in Corpus Christi and coached their basketball team that won several games. His family proudly displays his many trophies in the living room.

However, his first love was fishing, and he would go fishing, rain or shine. He shared his love of fishing to his daughters, Lorina and Sr. Lovina (Lovette), who also had the passion and patience for this hobby. He used to own a boat and became an expert of sorts when it came to the best time to fish, whether it was at 4:00 am or in the middle of the day depending on the star alignment and the position of the moon. He would even go shrimping to use as bait and use the smaller fish that he caught from that to catch the big fish! And when he wanted variety, he would go out to the old unused train tracks to go catch some crabs using chicken. To top it all off, he also cleaned everything he brought home himself, for which his wife, Linda, was very grateful! One day, before the age of mobile phones, Bien and his brothers Nangie and Ed didn't come home at the end of the day because the anchor of the boat got stuck and they were under a bridge so they couldn't be seen in the dark of night and they were not rescued until the next day! And that's just one of the many boat rescues throughout the years.

Bien was known to have a stubborn streak, and this meant he never gave up on anything when he failed and would continue to make it work. That's persistence! He also showed concern for his loved ones. His sister, Erlie, fondly remembers when he would check up on his younger sister and would help her with major life decisions. He supported his younger brothers in many ways, including helping Frank financially through college. He was also affectionate, calling Warlita "Warling" or "Poh-oh." Finally, BJ remembers how his dad consoled him when he lost his first tennis match. "Dad was very supportive, giving me a great lesson in life, that you can't win every time, but it's how you come back from losing and what you learn from it that's important."

His wife, Linda, remembers how he showed his love. He always wanted her to be satisfied, that anything she asked for, he gave to her. He always remembered her birthday and their wedding anniversary and would take her out to dinner to celebrate.

Bien is preceded in death by his parents, Francisco and Clemencia Pammit, by his siblings, Consolacion (Anching) Beltran, Ernesto Pammit and Pacita Balantac, and his daughter, Lorina Alaniz.

Bien is survived by his wife, Erlinda Pammit, and their son, BJ Pammit, his children, (with Lourdes E. Sison), Bernard Pammit (Gloria), Maria Lim (Ricardo, Jr.), and Sr. Lovina Francis Pammit, OSF.

He is survived by his siblings, Juanita Agbannawag (+Pascual), Warlita Obermite (+Carl), Erlie Johnson (+Cyril), Franklin Pammit (Betty), Flor Pammit (Bernadette), Nangie Pammit (Edith), Ed Pammit (+Rose, d. 2018; Hazel), and Lito Pammit (Divina).

Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, December 29, 2025, with a Rosary at 10:00 a.m., followed by a Funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 5830 Williams Dr. Corpus Christi, TX 78412.