1    Elizabeth Snavely Fath? Moth? b.    d.   
 
 2   John Floyd Johnston Fath Moth b.1868-03-12   d.1934-03-02  
infoCensus:1930 Wythe Co Va
Burial:East End Cemetery, Wytheville Va
 
 2   Irene Clay Johnston Fath Moth b.1874-07-24 VA  d.1959-01-27 Atkins, Smyth County, VA 
infoMany thanks to Ed Susank for this families info. [04Mar2013]

IRENE CLAY JOHNSTON, daughter of George M. Johnston and Eliza J. Snavely, was born on 24 Jul 1874 in Virginia1,[2]. She died on 27 Jan 1959 in Atkins, Smyth County, VA[1]. She married William Stephen Stone on 17 Oct 1893 in Atkins, Smyth County, VA[1], son of William Stone Jr. and Martha Jane Morton. He was born on 18 Jul 1871 in Grayson County, VA[1,3]. William Stephen Stone was a miller; he owned the W. S. Stone Mill in Wytheville, VA[1].

Irene Clay Johnston and William Stephen Stone are buried in Marion, Smyth County, VA (Mount Carmel Cemetery)[3].

1920 Census, Wythe County, VA:
   William S Stone, head, age 48 Virginia
   Irene C Stone, wife, age 45 Virginia
   George Stone, son, age 22 (thus born c. 1897) in Virginia (EJS notes he is shown as Morgan G. Stone in the 1910 census)
   Elsie Stone, daughter, age 19 (thus born c. 1900) in Virginia
   John T Stone, son, age 16 (thus born c. 1903) in Virginia (EJS notes he is shown as John Thomas Stone in the 1910 census)
   Willie I Stone, daughter, age 13 (thus born c. 1906) in Virginia (EJS notes she is shown as Willie Irene Stone in the 1910 census)

William Stephen Stone and Irene Clay Johnston had the following children:
    i. JAMES RALPH STONE was born on 25 Nov 1894 in Virginia[4,5] . He died on 28 Apr 19774. He married LAURA BELLE (NEE?) STONE. She was born on 19 May 1895[4]. She died on 03 Apr 19504. They are buried in Marion, Smyth County, VA (Mount Carmel Cemetery)[4].
    ii. GEORGE GERALD STONE was born on 06 Nov 1897 in Virginia[2,6,7]. He died on 15 Aug 1961[6]. He married REBECCA DARDEN. She was born on 15 Aug 1898 in Virginia[6]. She died on 05 Apr 19926. They are buried in Marion, Smyth County, VA (Mount Carmel Cemetery)[6].
    iii. ELSIE STONE was born about 1900 in Virginia[2].
    iv. JOHN THOMAS STONE was born about 1903 in Virginia[2].
    v. WILLIE IRENE STONE was born about 1906 in Virginia[2].

Sources
    [1] Cameron, Joseph R. & Constance, Early Settlers of Old Mount Airy - Addendum (privately published by the authors, December, 1999), Page 246.
    [2] 1920 Federal Census, Wythe County, VA. see notes above
    [3] Cemetery Records, Mount Carmel United Methodist Cemetery, Marion, Smyth Co., VA.
    [4] Cemetery Records, Mount Carmel United Methodist Cemetery, Marion, Smyth Co., VA.
    [5] 1900 Federal Census, Atkins, Smyth Co., VA; E.D. 78. James R Stone, age 6, born Nov 1894 in VA, son of W.S. and I. Claby (sic) Stone.
    [6] Cemetery Records, Mount Carmel United Methodist Cemetery, Marion, Smyth Co., VA.
    [7] World War I Draft Registration. George Gerald Stone b. 06 Nov 1897 Registered in Smyth County, VA.
  3  Morgan G Stone Fath Moth b.    d.   
  3  Willie Irene Stone Fath Moth b.  VA  d.   
  3  James Ralph Stone Fath Moth b.1894-11-25 VA  d.1977-04-28  
infoMany thanks to Ed Susank for this families info. [04Mar2013]
See Irene Clay Johnston for info of sources.
He married LAURA BELLE Groseclose [from Clark Groseclose book]. She was born on 19 May 1895. She died on 03 Apr 1950. They are buried in Marion, Smyth County, VA (Mount Carmel Cemetery).
   4 James W Stone Fath Moth b.1917-08-13 Marion, VA  d.2012-06-07 Bainbridge, GA 
infoObituary (from The Post Seachlight, Bainbridge, GA, Friday, June 8, 2012): died at Memorial Manor Nursing Home.
Stone married Mary Tallulah Bower Stone, on Nov. 1, 1944 at the Bainbridge Air Base Chapel. Mrs. Stone passed away in October 2011 at the age of 92. They had two daughters, Laura and Joanna. Stone's younger brother, Harold, passed away in 2002 after spending the latter part of his life in Bainbridge.
Survivors include his two daughters, Laura Caroline Stone Bridges and Joanna Elisabeth Stone, both of Bainbridge, GA; his two grandsons, Tommy H. Bridges, Jr. and his wife, Kristin Shetler Bridges of Dunwoody, GA, and James Dickinson Bridges of New York City, NY; his two great-grandsons, William Erickson Bridges and Harlin Stone Bridges of Dunwoody, GA; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr. Stone was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Bower Stone; and his brother, Harold J. Stone.
"There's a Stone's Store Near You!" a 2008 biography of Stone by Lou Merritt.
Stone had relatives in Valdosta, Ga., where he attended a year at Emory Junior College in 1936-1937.
Stone had relatives in Valdosta, Ga., where he attended a year at Emory Junior College in 1936-1937. After his parents could no longer afford college, Stone returned to Virginia and worked at a farm, at a mill and as a bill collector before training to become an Army pilot. He came to Bainbridge in 1943 to attend aviation cadet training during World War II. He later served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a B-17 bomber pilot, attaining the rank of Second Lieutenant. He was shot down over German-controlled oil fields in Romania, and was taken as a prisoner of war. He was released in September 1944 and returned to America via Italy.
Stone married and was a flight instructor at Moody Field in Valdosta, Ga., for a short time before receiving a medical retirement from the Army in 1945 (due to a back injury he sustained while flying overseas.)
After getting a degree in agriculture from the University of Georgia, he returned to Bainbridge for good in 1949, at first working for the hardware store chain owned by his father-in-law, J.D. Bower Sr., who had been in business since the 1920s. Stone also worked for Western Auto and a Ford dealership in the 1950s, before starting his own business.
"I was born in Virginia, but I got here just as fast as I could," Stone was known for saying about Bainbridge. April 17, 2009 was declared "Jim Stone Day" in the City of Bainbridge, marking the 50th anniversary of the first Stone's store.
His friend Charles Kirbo introduced him to Jimmy Carter, who was at the time running for Governor of Georgia. Upon his election in 1971, Governor Carter appointed Stone to a commission which helped recommend candidates for judgeships around the state. In his book, Stone recalled Carter-who later became the 39th President of the United States-coming to Bainbridge to attend Kirbo's funeral in 1996 and dropping by Stone's store.
He was recognized by the Chamber as Bainbridge's Man of the Year in 1987 and in 2007 he received the Chamber's Community Service Award. He received the Hero of Freedom Award at Grace Christian Academy in 2003.
   4 Harold J Stone Fath Moth b.1919-09-28 VA  d.2002-04-18  
infoHarold is buried in Mount Caramel. Social Security Death Benefit gives birth & death dates.
  3  George Gerald Stone Fath Moth b.1897-11-06 VA  d.1961-08-15  
infoMany thanks to Ed Susank for this families info. [04Mar2013]
See Irene Clay Johnston for info of sources.
George married REBECCA DARDEN. She was born on 15 Aug 1898 in Virginia. She died on 05 Apr 1992. They are buried in Marion, Smyth County, VA (Mount Carmel Cemetery).
  3  Elsie H Stone Fath Moth b.1900 VA  d.   
  3  John Thomas Stone Fath Moth b.1903 VA  d.