Karrol Claudiastine Thompson Schull was born to Gladys and Jay Thompson, on June 23, 1942, in Beaumont. She passed from this life surrounded in love by her family on December 31, 2014.
Having been raised in Vidor, the youngest of three children, Karrol met the love of her life, Danny Schull, and they were married March 24, 1961. The two made a wonderful life full of love together on Diana Drive in Lumberton, where they would remain all the years of their long and happy marriage. During these years they raised two beautiful daughters, Danice and Millette. These girls were Karrol’s pride and she made sure to instill in them the beliefs and values she carried every day. The successes of her girls were her successes, and they numbered many and were never missed by Karrol.
With Danny, Karrol had a full life of fun and adventure. They loved to fish and hunt together and took every opportunity to outshine one another with the best or the biggest of the trip. Danny usually made sure Karrol won. Through these trips and endeavors Karrol and Danny made lifelong friends who she treasured always. Karrol also loved to drag Danny to Wal-Mart. These trips were usually for just in case items because she was always prepared. As Christmas was her favorite time of the year, she usually started shopping and preparing in January. Just as she did every day, she made sure that everyone and anyone was welcome to share in Christmas at her house.
When she became a grandmother, Karrol became Maw. This was more of a badge than a name. She saw it as her responsibility to spoil all of her grandkids and to make each feel that they were her favorite, as Dallon, Jake, Mauri, Cole, and Maranda, each believe they are. She never missed games, recitals, graduations, birthdays, or school programs. She was there to share in it all. More recently with her grand children getting older and starting new chapters, Maw got a whole new generation to spoil, great-grand babies, Emma Jo and Riter Boone. As her greatest legacy, it is her grandkids that will carry her forward and continue as Maw would have and share her love with future generations of her family.
Karrol walked through this life with a grace not bestowed upon many. Every person she met became her friend and instantly loved her. She became their Maw too. Karrol was a caretaker who relished the opportunity to give any piece of herself to make others feel special and loved. She never boasted and never asked for anything. Karrol was an angel that walked with us and now we are blessed that she will be with us always.
She is survived by her beloved husband, Danny; daughters, Danice James and her husband, Joey and Millette Wheeler and her husband, Lee; grandchildren, Dallon James and his wife, Laney; Jacob Wheeler; Mauri James; Cole Wheeler; and Maranda James; and great-grandchildren, Emma Jo James and Riter Boone James.
She is preceded in death by her mother and father; brother, Jay Richard Thompson; and sister, Janice Minton; sister-in-law, Shirley Ann Overstreet; and brother-in-law, John Henry Schull.
A gathering of Mrs. Schull’s family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Saturday, January 3, 2015, at Broussard’s, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee. Her funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 4, 2015, at Broussard’s, with her interment to follow at Leatherwood Cemetery, Lumberton.
