H. Delos Stone, 98, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Wednesday, September 8, 2004, at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 3 P.M., Friday, September 10, 2004, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald, with Rev. Greg Carroll and Rev. Kelly Brown officiating. Interment will follow in Bethlehem Cemetery, Ben Hill County. Visitation will be held from 7:00 until 9:00, Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Stone was born November 16, 1905, in Ben Hill County, Georgia, to the late William Jackson and Nancy Carroll Stone. He was a farmer and lived in the community all of his life. Mr. Stone was a member of the First Baptist Church, Fitzgerald.
Mr. Stone is survived by his children: Henry D. Stone, Jr. and Lamar Stone, both of Fitzgerald and Doris Stone Finley, Mount Pleasant, SC; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren; one brother: David Stone, Abbeville; five sisters: Vera DeShazo, Ethel Turner and Mavis Jackson, all of Fitzgerald, Jewell Sigler, Savannah and Inez Knight, Athens. He was preceded in death by his wife: Mary Alice Land Stone.
Memorials may be made to, Blue-Gray Community Hospice, P.O. Box 1447, Fitzgerald, GA 31750 or to the Christian Kitchen, P.O. Box 1195, Fitzgerald, GA 31750.