Carroll Pickett
Carroll Pickett | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1933 Nursery, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 3, 2022 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Bud |
| Education | Ordained minister |
| Alma mater | Victoria College Austin College |
| Occupation | Minister |
| Employer | Texas Department of Corrections (ret.) |
| Known for | Prison ministry, opposition to capital punishment |
| Title | Reverend |
| Spouses |
Jane Pickett (m. 1990) |
| Children | 4 |
Carroll L. "Bud" Pickett (1933 – April 3, 2022) was a Presbyterian minister in Huntsville, Texas. In the 1960s and 1970s, Pickett served as pastor for three churches in Texas. In 1980 he began serving as a chaplain in the Huntsville, Texas, prison, where he spent most of the next 15 years working with prisoners facing imminent execution. After retiring from the Texas Department of Corrections, Pickett wrote and spoke against the death penalty. His 2002 book, Within These Walls: Memoirs of a Death House Chaplain, won several awards. The 2008 documentary At the Death House Door: No Man Should Die Alone chronicles his prison ministry.