Chris Comeaux, president and CEO of Four Seasons, announced today that Susan T. Bumgarner has been named Heart Songs Coordinator, Children and Teen Bereavement Counselor. This unique program provides help for children in surviving loss and grief. Losing a loved one to death is a common but difficult experience in a child's life. HEART SONGS is a children's grief support program developed by Four Seasons.
Bumgarner brings to her position over 19 years of experience in bereavement counseling with children and teens, spiritual care and leadership. She graduated from Belmont University in Nashville, TN with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1984. In 1987, Bumgarner earned her Master of Arts in Religious Education with an emphasis in counseling. She worked with the state of North Carolina to counsel adjudicated youth for two years before beginning her work in clinical pastoral education. Additionally, she worked for over 12 years as a hospital chaplain in the Raleigh, NC area with an emphasis in pediatric chaplaincy. Bumgarner joined the staff of Four Seasons in December, 2010 as a PRN chaplain before taking over the position as Heart Songs Coordinator in March 2011. She serves on the board of directors for the North Carolina Chaplains association as the Education chair, and also serves her community as a volunteer chaplain with the Black Mountain police corp. and leading grief support groups. Four Seasons is one of the most respected end-of-life care specialists in the country, serving Henderson, Buncombe, Macon, Jackson and Transylvania Counties. Four Seasons focuses exclusively on serving people who are facing a serious life-limiting illness through their last few years and months.
