Life History
6th May 1898 |
Born in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.1 |
27th Nov 1965 |
Died in Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi.1 Injuries from an automobile accident |
28th Nov 1965 |
Buried.1 |
Other facts
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Married Ida Miriam GREGORY |
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John Hamilton Stone
Birth 6 May 1898 Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
Death 27 Nov 1965 (aged 67) Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
Rites Held For John H. Stone
Services were held at 3:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon for John Hamilton Stone,in the church in which he had worshipped all his life. The pastor, the Rev. T. R. Poole officiated. He was assisted by the Rev. Allison Bell, pastor of First Baptist Church. The church choir sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and Have Thine Own Way."
Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery with Barry Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were: Eugene Gregory of Memphis, Dr. Ben Gregory Pensacola, Florida, Elbert Corley, Bob Henson, Don Hill, William Henson, William Gregory and Jack Gregory. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Men's Bible Class and Board of Stewards of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Stone age 67, was critically injured in an automobile accident Wendnesday afternoon in front of his home two miles west of town on Highway 32. He was taken to Okolona Community Hospital and then transferred to the North Mississippi Community Hospital in Tu[elo where he died at 3:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Stone a retired rural mail carrier retired in 1962 after serving 43 years as a rural mail carrier, He was a Navy Veteran of W. W. I. Immediately after his discharge in 1919 he began his work in the days of "horses and buggy" and dirt roads. He served under three post masters, the late Fred McDonnell, the late W. L. Jansen, and R. A. Dean.
He also had large farming interest and raised beef cattle. It was in 1919 that he married the former Miss Ida Gregory. He was a active member of the First Methodist Church of which he was a steward, a member of Davis Whiteside Post American Legion and a charter member of the Okolona Lions Club. He was devoted to his family, loyal to his friends and was highly esteemed as a citizen.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ida Gregory Stone of Okolona;a daughter, Mrs. Earl Jones of Dallas, Texas,and husband, sons, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stone, Jr., and Richard Stone;
Jeffery Jones, Susan, Miriam Ann of Paducah, Kentucky, Linda, Carol, Ladye Jane and Richard Stone Jr., his aged father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Stone; two brothers, W. S. Stone and W. C. Stone Jr.; a sister Mrs. Betty Foster of Winter Park, Florida; a half-brother, J. C. Stone of Jackson, and a half-sister, Mrs. George Tuennison of Meridian. All of these, with the exception of Mrs. Foster, were here for the solemn service.
The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, December 2, 1965, Page 1.
Parents:
William C Stone 1875-1969
Beatrice Sansom Stone 1874-1910
Spouse Ida Miriam Gregory Stone 1900-1976
Siblings:
William Sansom Stone 1902-1985
Martha Beatrice Stone Foster 1905-1981
W C Stone 1908-1988
Children:
Miriam Yvonne Stone 1921-1927
John Hamilton Stone 1923-2015
Richard Eugene Stone 1926-2012
Created by StelleMIvy 29 May 2008
Burial Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
-- Find a Grave Memorial ID 27193298, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27193298?ftm=1
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