James Edward Stone, 80, of Clarksville, TN died on Tuesday May 10, 2011 at Veterans Hospital in Nashville, TN.
Services will be held Thursday May 12, 2011 at 11 a.m. at Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Chapel with Dr. Roger Freeman and Rev, Irby Stanley officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday and 9 a.m. until the hour of the service on Thursday.
Pallbearers will be Donnie Bradford, Wayne Gibbs, Todd Dunn, Cody Dunn, Ryan Jones, and Keith Stone. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Dwight Dickson Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church.
Mr. Stone was born April 21, 1931 in Palmyra, TN son of the late Lee Stone and Mary Etta Kelly Stone Balthrop. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Sydney and Bobby Stone.
He was retired from Trane Company and was a US Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Rebecca S. Stone; son, Mark Stone (Theresa), Clarksville; two daughters, Sherry Gibbs (Wayne), Clarksville; and Jan Dunn (Todd), Southside, TN; step-son, Donnie Bradford (Terri), Clarksville; two sisters, Kathryn King, Southside, TN and Betty Blinn, Murfreesboro, TN; thirteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Arrangements entrusted to Neal-Tarpley Parchman Funeral Home, 1510 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040. Online condolences may be made at www.neal-tarpley.com.