He was born on February 20, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan to Carl and Estelle Bunnell. Don served in the U.S. Marines Corp and the U.S. Army retiring as a Lt. Colonel. He worked in Austin as the manager of the Texas State Board of Insurance for many years. He was a member of Tarrytown United Methodist Church and Sun City Community Church, also a 32 degree mason, member of the Scottish Rite Bodies and the Knights Templar.
He is predeceased by his wife, Dorothy Joyce Bunnell; his brothers, Carl Outhier Bunnell and James Leighton Bunnell; and his nephew, William James Bunnell.
He is survived by his son, Don Bunnell II; granddaughters, Heather Fondy and husband Chris, and Hailey Bunnell; great-granddaughters, Hailey, Avery, Olivia, and Ella Fondy; sister, Frances Anne Hargens; nieces, Sarah Bunnell, Anne Hargens, Linda Biggs, Nadine Brannin, and Eileen Ramsey; and nephews, James, Carl, Jr., and Thomas Bunnell.
The family will receive guests from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at Cook-Walden Davis Funeral Home in Georgetown, Texas. Funeral services will be at 1:00 P.M. on Friday, August 24, 2018 at The Worship Place in Georgetown, Texas with Pastor Kelly Barnett officiating.
Arrangements by Cook-Walden Davis Funeral Home, 2900 Williams Drive, Georgetown, Texas 78628
(512)863-2564.
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