Cassi Stump

Cassi Margaret Stump was born in Dallas, Texas, December 28, 1945, and she departed this life on August 29, 2020 after a brief battle with the COVID-19 Virus.

At her birth, her parents were advised to give her up to a home because she was a Down Syndrome baby since she wouldn’t live long, a prediction she certainly proved untrue. Instead she was a precious, much loved, much valued part of her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Bobbie Jo Woodall Stump in 2005 and Charles William Stump in 2011.

During her lifetime, as the daughter of a career Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, she lived around the world. Her parents took her first to Panama, where her toddler brother Charlie helped teach her to walk and talk. The family then lived in Tennessee; Pottsboro, Texas; Sidi Slamen, Morocco; Felixstowe, England; Mountain Home, ID; South Carolina; Plano, Texas; Charleston, South Carolina; Sherman, Texas; and then settling in Center, Texas, in February 1972.

“The biggest thing she taught me is how to love unconditionally because she loved everybody unconditionally,” said her brother Charlie. Cassi enjoyed collecting memorabilia about singer Pat Boone and actor Michael Landon, watching television, and writing in her spiral notebooks.

She is survived by her brother Charlie Stump, Jr. and his wife Linda of Rowlett, Texas. Also, she is survived is her brother Jeffrey Scott Stump of Center and his stepchildren: Kayla Turner and her husband Corey and their children Keaton Dupree and Cambrie Turner; Amelia Nieves and her husband Alexis and their children Abbey and Javon Landers and Yasiel Nieves; and Naomi Murray. She is also survived by her aunt, Bernadine Pauley of Sulphur, La. Special care givers: Sandra McDaniel Harper, Nena Lopez and Pat Bush; Cousins in Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia and California remember Cassi fondly and also mourn her death.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to the East Texas Down Syndrome Group in honor of Cassi Stump. Donations can be made online at www.etdsg.org or mailed to:
East Texas Down Syndrome Group
PO Box 6604
Longview, TX 75608