Carole L. Hull

Carole L. Hull, 78, of Versailles, formerly of the Hopewell community, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2006 at the Margaret Mary Community Hospital in Batesville. She was born in the Tanglewood community near Versailles on March 30, 1928 the daughter of Harry and Grace Demaree Gortemiller. She was married to A. Wayne Hull on March 29, 1947 and he survives. Other survivors include three sons, Merrill Hull and his wife Pat of Fairfield, Ohio, Jim Hull and his wife Carol of Waycross, Georgia, and Mike Hull and his wife Babs of Greenwood; two daughters, Cheryl Judge and her husband Jerry of Hanover, and Phyllis Hull of Versailles; 14 grandchildren, 5 step-grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Hull was a 1946 graduate of Osgood High School. She was a homemaker and was a former employee with the Ripley County Farm Bureau and Tripletts Drug Store in Osgood. She was a member of the Osgood First Baptist Church and attended the Hopewell Baptist Church. Mrs. Hull enjoyed writing poetry and had delivered meals to many ill and shut-in neighbors for several years. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 2 at 11am at the Hopewell Baptist Church with Rev. David Shivers officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 4pm to 8pm at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles and also from 10am until time of services Tuesday at the church. Memorials may be given to the Hopewell Baptist Church building fund in care of the funeral home.