Carolyn "Carol" Juliette King-Bunnell

Carol King-Bunnell was born Carolyn Juliette Herrington on September 27, 1943, in Columbus, Georgia, and was surrounded throughout her long life by a multitude of loving immediate and extended family members and friends. She described her beliefs and convictions as best characterized by those of a moral humanist, religiously inspired with the love of nature in her heart from a very young age. Her intelligence and determination were evident in her accomplishments.

She was married to Oliver Hannon King for nineteen years and they shared two precious sons, Alex and Patrick King. She was a dedicated and loving wife and mother. She was consistently supportive of her family and the friends her children cherished, encouraging a home life filled with laughter, comfort, and frequent celebrations.

She also attended university to become a Licensed Social Worker, and later a Licensed Psychotherapist. She worked for 40 years as a Forensic Psychologist, leading the Forensics and Geriatric Departments of the Terrell State Hospital for a substantial number of those years.

She later married Albert Lewis Bunnell II and they recently celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary on November 6, 2026

. Carol was enthusiastic about living life to its fullest. She had an affinity with all things luxurious and she was extraordinarily generous with many. She enjoyed traveling and showed an immense interest in history and current events. She had a reputation for being able to tell a ghost story or two, and found it even more satisfying if the experience was told from a first-person perspective.

Carol continued her private practice while working full-time at Terrell State Hospital, yet always made time for and always shared generously with family. She was a rare diamond of a woman who knew how to listen well, offer guidance and support while also skillfully tending to her own hopes, dreams, and needs. She set quite the example of balance between caring for oneself and serving others.

When faced with likely the greatest challenge of her life, she remained poised, determined, inquisitive, and fiercely independent. In one of Carol’s own writings from Elizabeth Starr Finishing School, she wrote, “my utmost purpose in life is to have a good-paying and interesting job, a fine husband and children, and to be completely saved by God. My belief in God is the nucleus around which my life is centered. Without God, there is nothing but a void, an emptiness in an unsatisfying world”. It is clear that Carol honored her goals and lived out what she described as her utmost purpose.

Carol passed away to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Monday, November 9, 2026, after a valiant fight for her health lasting several years.

She is survived by her husband, Albert Bunnell; sons, Alex King and his wife, Rachael, Patrick King and his wife, Mary; grandchildren, Alex’s sons: Tyler King and Riley King, and his wife, Hannah, and great granddaughter, Elah King and Alex’s daughter, Hannah King, Patrick’s kids: Tristen King and his wife, Victoria and great grandson, Oliver King, and Ryan King and his wife, Amber; great granddaughters, Addison King, Aryana King, and Ariel King; Stepson, Allan Bunnell; step-grandson, Christopher Bunnell; step-granddaughter, Victoria Bunnell; step-daughter, Shari Marsden and husband, Tommy; step-grandchildren, Aubrie and her husband Andrew; her great grandchildren, Mila and Leroy, David and his wife Katerina, her great grandchildren, Walter and Robin; step-daughter, Christina and her husband Scot; step-grandchildren, Joshua and Monica and her husband Jesse, and their children, great-grandchildren, Jameson and Malcolm.

A Memorial Service will be held at First Baptist Church Arlington, 301 S. Center St., Arlington, TX 76010, on November 20, 2026, at 2:00 pm.