1    William Stephen Stone Fath Moth b.1871-07-18 Grayson County, Va  d.   
infoMany thanks to Ed Susank for the middle name of 'Stephen', birth date & burial info. [04Mar2013]
See Irene Clay Johnston for info of sources.
Irene Clay Johnston and William Stephen Stone are buried in Marion, Smyth County, VA (Mount Carmel Cemetery).
1880 Census Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia Warren Morton 67 Martha Morton 65 Jane Stone 39 Jno. W. Stone 15 Martha A. Stone 13 Elisabeth C. Stone 11 Wm. S. Stone 8 Robt. W. Stone 4
1910 census: Marion, Smyth, Virginia
Willie S Stone 37 Irene Clay Stone 35 James R Stone 15 Morgan G Stone 12 Elsie H Stone 9 John Thomas Stone 6 Willie Irene Stone 3

1920 census: Reed Creek and Pepper Ferry, Wythe, Virginia
William S Stone 48 Irene C Stone 45 George Stone 22 (thus born c. 1897) in Virginia (EJS notes he is shown as Morgan G. Stone in the 1910 census) Elsie Stone 19 John T Stone 16 (EJS notes he is shown as John Thomas Stone in the 1910 census) Willie I Stone 13 (EJS notes she is shown as Willie Irene Stone in the 1910 census)

 
 2   Morgan G Stone Fath Moth b.    d.   
 
 2   Willie Irene Stone Fath Moth b.  VA  d.   
 
 2   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).
  3  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 Laura Caroline Stone Fath Moth b.    d.   
infoLaura Caroline Stone Bridges
   4 Joanna Elisabeth Stone Fath Moth b.    d.   
  3  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.
 
 2   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).
 
 2   Elsie H Stone Fath Moth b.1900 VA  d.   
 
 2   John Thomas Stone Fath Moth b.1903 VA  d.