Juanita Grace Hull
6/30/1924 – 10/21/2018
Juanita Grace Hull was born June 30, 1924, in Meridian Oklahoma – daughter of Ethel & Alphonso Finley, sister to Bob & Jack Finley. Mrs. Hull graduated from Choctaw High School in Choctaw, Oklahoma. She graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Masters in Fashion Merchandising and then taught at OSU. She also earned a degree in music from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. For many years she was a vocal coach and seamstress. In 1964 she joined Mary Kay Cosmetics and retired in 2012 as an Executive Senior Sales Director. Grace was affiliated with Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tennessee. In her retirement years, Grace wrote and recorded many songs, achieving a lifelong dream of being a song writer. Mrs. Hull is survived by her son Bob Ernest Hull and wife Caroline, daughter Chris Teague and husband Larry.
Seven grandchildren and spouses:
- Matthew Hull & wife Joanna
- Dawson Hull & wife Taneea
- Meredith Ervin & husband Alex
- Aimee Calvert & husband Hugh
- Carrie O’Neal & husband Michael
- Jonathan Teague & wife Erica
- Benjamin Teague
Thirteen great-grandchildren:
- Reid Calvert
- Faythe Finley Calvert
- Mary Grace Teague
- Anna Teague
- Silas O’Neal
- Hudson O’Neal
- Jackson Hull
- Brandtley Hull
- Brylee Hull
- Brayden Hull
- Eli Ervin
- Paxton Ervin
- Beckett Ervin
In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to Lexington Academy of Fine Arts at First Baptist Church Lexington TN; the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation, or St. Jude Children’s Hospital.