Dr. Carol Ann Bonds, who served as superintendent of Livingston ISD from 2003-2007, died at home March 8 at the age of 77.
Her funeral service is slated for 11 a.m. March 29 at First Baptist Church in San Angelo. She will be laid to rest near her parents at Val Verde Cemetery near Holland, Texas at 2 p.m. on March 30. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. March 28 at Harper Funeral Home in San Angelo.
The oldest of three children, Bonds was born in Jackson, Miss. After high school, she graduated from Houston Baptist University, receiving her bachelor’s degree in English and elementary education. She earned her master’s degree in reading from the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor and completed her PhD in public school leadership from the University of Texas.
Bonds had 35 years of combined service in education. She taught for 11 years before moving into administration as a principal in Rogers ISD, where she was named Principal of the Year by the Texas Elementary Principals Association in 1995.
She then served as a superintendent in Livingston, where she was one of five finalists for the Texas Superintendent of the Year Award in 2001.
After leaving Livingston, she served as superintendent of San Angelo ISD, from where she retired in 2015. She was named the Region XV Superintendent of the Year in 2010
In 2015, Bonds was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission. She also served on the Air Force Chief of Staff’s Civic Leader Program, and Air Education Training and Command Program.
She chaired the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce’s Goodfellow Air Force Base Military Affairs Committee and was named Citizen of the Year in 2015 by the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce.
