Birth date: Sep 18, 1947 Death date: Jul 6, 2025
Carol Ann Steen Bumpas passed away at her home in Richardson, Texas on July 6th, 2025 at the age of 77. Carol was born on September 18th, 1947 in Tyler, Texas to Charles and Corbie Steen following the birth of her older brother C Read Obituary
As her principal at Yale Elementary for a decade I had the great pleasure of watching Carol in action many times. She was magic in the classroom, holding her students accountable for learning and making them enjoy it. She was loved and appreciated by her students, parents and coworkers. She will be missed.
As her principal for a decade I had the pleasure of watching Carol work her magic in the classroom. She had a way of holding kids accountable for learning and making them enjoy it along with a very high rate of success. She was always upbeat and was loved by her coworkers, students and parents. She will be missed.
I loved working with Carol at Yale!! She also taught two of my daughters. I am happy that I would occasionally see her in the grocery store and we’d just stand and talk for a long time, probably annoying people who wanted whatever we were standing in front of!😅 Imagine that, Carol and I both loving to talk!
Carol was a special light who will be very missed. ❤️
Carol and I have been friends since 1963. I met her best girlfriend from high school, Daphne Yeary, at Camp Gilmont, the Presbyterian church camp we went to. She was from Tyler. I was from Kilgore. After camp, Daphne and I continued dating into the summer and throughout my senior year of 1963-64. My best friend from KHS, Joe O'Hagan started dating Carol for a while in the fall of 1963. Joe and Carol would doubledate with Daphne and me. At that time, I met Carol's parents. What wonderful people! Just lovely! I recall that her father was an Aggie. He gave me grief because I was looking at attending the University of Texas. Fast Forward to adulthood. I became a Presbyterian minister and psychologist. In 1985, Jerry Shetler, Senior Pastor at Preston Hollow Presbyterian in Dallas asked me to become a Parish Associate at Preston Hollow Pres. That's where Carol and I once again ran into each other, just after she was recently widowed. My youngest son Greg was in Youth Group with both of her sons. They became good friends. They loved being in several terrific Preston Hollow Pres youth musicals together. They went to MoRanch and Montreat together. Carol and I again loved being friend again. I absolutely loved and cherished Carol. She was one of the most genuinely caring and joyful people I have ever known. She was completely commited to her God, her church and her faith, even in the midst of, and after losin her husband so young and being forced into single parenthood. She served Preston Hollow Pres in every way imaginable. Even after I moved to Ft. Collins, CO in 2005, we kept in touch by text.
Carol’s love for her family and her love of teaching. She will be missed.
Ms Bumpas was my favorite teacher. 4th grade was a really hard one for me — my parents were going through a divorce — and she became my biggest source of comfort in the middle of a very chaotic time.
I spent so much time just hugging her. She had the warmest, kindest, big bear hugs and always made me feel like it was okay to fall apart when I needed to. I’m not someone who cries easily, but with her, I always felt safe. She made me feel loved and seen during a time I really needed it.
She was an angel to me that year and I am forever grateful for the way she showed up in my life.
-Shelby Bethea (Jaccar)
