Callie Graul

Callie Ann Graul, loving daughter of Lisa and Dale Green and Patrick and Kimberly Graul, passed away suddenly on January 31, 2013 after an unexpected illness. Born on January 28, 1992, Callie’s 21 years were much too brief, but her joy, her beauty and her passion for life will leave a lasting imprint on the hearts of everyone she touched. Callie celebrated life. She was a dancer. A member of the Whitehouse High School First Ladies Drill Team and then the UT Tyler Patriot Dancers, she expressed herself through music and dance. It defined her spirit and it was her special gift that she thrilled in sharing. She was a student. A junior at UT Tyler, Callie was majoring in kinesiology and minoring in education. She wanted to teach dance, to combine her skill and her education and her love in her own studio – to help others find their own true joy. She was a sister. First to her younger siblings, then to her sorority sisters, who shared a lasting and unbreakable bond in her beloved Alpha Chi Omega. And, she was a daughter. “A perfect daughter,” both feisty and fun, unselfish and giving, with an unfailing eye toward fashion and an ability to love with abandon. She was Callie – and as she celebrated life, we will now celebrate hers. May the music and dancing never end. Callie is survived by her parents, Lisa and Dale Green of Tyler and Patrick and Kimberly Graul of Bullard; her brothers Shea and Ryker; sisters Teagan, Rylie and Cadence all of Tyler; grandparents, Mike and Susan Graul, Houston, TX, and Jo and W.T.(Red) Follis; aunts and uncles include James Follis of Houston, TX, Michael and Donna Graul of Bryan, TX, Tina McKinney Strickland and husband, Bobby, of Mansfield, TX, Kelly Graul Parks and husband Lance, Clear Lake City, TX, and Colleen Graul Rodriguez and husband, Jose of Richmond, VA. Visitation will be on Monday, February 4, 2013, 5-7 pm at Stewart Family Funeral Home (7525 Old Jacksonville Hwy, Tyler, TX; 903-581-2008) with a Celebration of Life on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 10am at Stewart Family Funeral Home. Donations may be made in lieu of flowers in Callie Ann Graul’s name at the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation, 5939 Castle Creek Parkway North Drive, Indianapolis, IN, 46250. “While I dance I cannot judge, I cannot hate, I cannot separate myself from life. I can only be joyful and whole. This is why I dance!” – Callie Ann Graul

Callie Graul

January 28, 1992 - January 31, 2013