Reverend Carroll L. "Bud" Pickett (1933 – April 3, 2022)[2] was a Presbyterianminister in Huntsville, Texas. In the 1960s and 1970s, Pickett served as pastor for three churches in Texas.[3][4][5] 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.[4] 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.[6] The 2008 documentary At the Death House Door: No Man Should Die Alone chronicles his prison ministry.[7]
^Brandon, Aprill, "Death Row Chaplain," Victoria Advocate, 2008-03-09, p. A1, A5. Sidebars: "Bio" p. A5, "Show Times" p. A5, photos and illustrations: "Caroll Picket" p. A1, "Within These Walls" p. A1, "Death House" p. A5, "Carroll Picket" p. A5, "The Rev. Carool Pickett's family in 1967" p. A5, "De Luna" p. A5