Roll Call Tribute

Bobby John Carter
July 16, 1935 - December 22, 2021

Colonel Bobby J. Carter (U. S. Army, Retired), 86, of Simpsonville, died on Wednesday, the 22nd day of December, 2021, in Louisville. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, he was the son of the late Wilbert C. and Bernice Louise Trent Carter. He was an Episcopalian. A retired armor operations officer of the United States Army, he had served in the Vietnam War, and upon his retirement from active duty, he was the director of facilities for the Kentucky National Guard.

A graduate of Texas A & M, he remained a proud “Aggie” during his lifetime. He took great pride and pleasure in mowing his lawn, and enjoyed playing golf. During his retirement he became a world traveler, embarking on cruises with his wife, and even visiting Antarctica at the age of eighty.

His survivors include his wife of over sixty-one years, Bunnie Carter of Simpsonville; his son, Brian Allen Carter and his wife, Sherry, of Louisville; his daughter, Cathy Lynn Geissing  and her husband, Bill '85, of Farmington, Missouri; his stepbrother, Curtis E. Bullock, Jr., of Fort Worth, Texas; and his five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

There will be no services or visitation at this time.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, to the Wounded Warrior Project, 223 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Suite 301, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, or to Hosparus, 3532 Ephraim McDowell Drive, Louisville, Kentucky 40205.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Hall-Taylor Funeral Home of Shelbyville, and condolences may be expressed at www.halltaylorfuneralhomes.com.