After a long and well lived life, Nancy Bumpass went home to be with the Lord on January 8, 2021 at the age of 85.
Services are private. Sleep in Heavenly Peace Tootsie!
Memorials may be made to the Baptist Student Ministries, 201 Hanover Street, Annapolis, Md. 21401.
A special thanks to the staff at The Ridglea for their great care for the past two years.
Nancy was born in Terrell, Texas and graduated from Terrell High School. She attended Baylor University where she graduated with a BA in Education in the “Class from Heaven”, 1957. She moved to Dallas to teach in the Dallas Public School System, where she met her husband, Richard Bumpass. They married and began a life serving others in Arkansas, and Maryland.
They went on to have four children while Nancy continued her education at Texas Women’s University, getting her Master’s of Education, and then an advanced Specialist Degree from University of Maryland. She taught at Arkansas State University for three years until they moved to Annapolis Md. She finished up her career with the Anne Arundel School system where she retired. Nancy moved back to Texas in 2014 where she attended classes at TCU, and spent time with her family and her beloved dog, “Coolie”.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard.
Survivors: Nancy is survived by her children and their families, Lori Bumpass Sultemeier and her husband , Keith Sultemeier of Fort Worth, Texas, Richard Kelly Bumpass of Fort Worth, Texas, Dr. Tiffin Bumpass and her husband, Rick Peret of Annapolis, Maryland, Nick Bumpass and his wife, Wendy of Keller, Texas, Robert Gardner of Baltimore Md.; she had nine grandchildren, Nathan Sultemeier, Hannah Sultemeier Diamond, Benjamin Sultemeier, Grace Kelly Bumpass, Hailey K Peret, Kendall Peret, Sydney Peret, Adara Bumpass, Rowan Bumpass and Merryn Bumpass; she also has six great-grandchildren.
