Submitted by

Barbara (Caddell) Fox

The Mart Herald
Thursday, April 3, 1975


Final Rites Held For Robert C. Stone in Groesbeck Sunday

     Robert Cecil Stone, age 73, of Prairie Hill, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday in a Temple hospital.

     Mr. Stone was born February 14, 1902, at Putnam, Texas.  He married the former Grace Handley on March 5, 1925.  He was a farmer and rancher.  He was a member of the Church of Christ.

     Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Groesbeck Church of Christ with Minister Richard Williams officiating, assisted by Travis Smith.  Burial was in the Criswell Cemetery.

     Pallbearers were nephews:  G. Z. Stone, Billy K. Stone, Charles Stone Jr., Charles Edward Stone, Ronald Stone and Aubrey Stone.

     Survivors include his wife; two sons, James Robert Stone of Taylor, and George H. Stone of Mart; a daughter, Mrs. Wanda Lou Woolverton of Baytown; two brothers, A. C. Stone and W. N. Stone, both of Marlin; two sisters, Miss Lula Mae Stone and Mrs. Lois Warneke both of Otto; and 10 grandchildren.