Carol Ann is an experienced early childhood professional who managed a child care program with over
325 children and 50 staff members from
1974-1994. She has led conferences for over three decades in local churches, state and national conventions, local workshops, and school districts. She has written curriculum and articles for
Lifeway Christian Resources (Nashville, TN) and Women’s Missionary Union's
Mission Friends. Carol Ann taught four years in the Child Development department at Tyler Junior College. She also leads seminars for women's discipleship programs as well as
Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS).
Carol Ann is a graduate of Sam Houston State University and holds a degree in Elementary Education. Her background includes teaching in the public schools, leading children's choirs, directing and teaching Sunday School for preschoolers and school-age children, training workers for private and commercial preschool programs, training future teachers/administrators at the college level, and leading seminars for church women's ministries.
She and her husband, Gary, are members of First Baptist Church, Tyler, Texas. They have two married children,
three "GRAND daughters",
two “GRAND sons” and a menagerie of "GRAND pets."