Waco Tribune-Herald
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Edith Rebecca (Peters) Stone
July 16, 1913 – October 30, 2007
Edith Rebecca Stone,
94, of Gatesville died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007 in Gatesville. Memorial services
will be 11:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at The First United Methodist Church
following a 10 a.m. graveside at Restland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to
4 p.m. Sunday, at the funeral home.
Mrs. Stone was born
July 16, 1913, in Lott, to the late Tom and Rinda Walker Peters. She graduated
from Lott High School and received her bachelor degree from Mary Hardin-Baylor.
On Sept. 19, 1942,
Edith married Clois
David Stone in Belton before moving to Gatesville in 1946.
She worked for the
Extension Agency and as a Food Administrator before teaching in Gatesville for a
number of years. Edith was very
active in with the Coryell Retired Teachers, Delta Kappa Gama, United Methodist
Women, Western Circle and the Morris Federation.
She is preceded in
death by her parents; her husband; and a brother, Basil Peters.
Edith is survived by her son, Paul Stone and wife, Melissa
of St. Paul, Minn.; sister, Eva Owens of Houston; niece, Rebecca Owens of
Atlanta, Ga.; nephews, Chester Owens Jr. of Houston, Richard Owens of Phoenix,
Ariz., and Wallace Peters of Winrock, Wash.; a step-sister, Hazel Pottenger of
Lott; and a host of family on the Stone side whom she dearly loved.
~~~~~~~~~~
Note: Please see bios
for Tom Liles Peters, Thomas Peters
and William
Peters that Edith wrote and submitted for the Falls County, Texas website.
~~~~~~~~~~
Marlin
Democrat
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Marlin, Falls Co., Texas
Edith R. Stone
July 16, 1913 - Oct. 30, 2007
Edith Rebecca Stone, 94, of Gatesville died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007 in
Gatesville.
Memorial Services were held at the First United Methodist Church following a
Graveside at Restland Cemetery.
Mrs. Stone was born on July 16, 1913 in Lott, Texas to the late Tom and
Rinda Walker Peters. She graduated from Lott High School and received her
Bachelor degree from Mary Hardin Baylor. On Sept. 19, 1942 Edith married Clois
David Stone in Belton before moving to Gatesville in 1946. She worked for the
Extension Agency and as a food administrator before teaching in Gatesville for a
number of years.
Edith was very active in the Coryell Retired Teachers, Delta Kappa Gama,
United Methodist Women, Western Circle and the Morris Federation.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and a brother, Basil
Peters.
Edith is survived by her son, Paul Stone and wife Melissa of St. Paul,
Minn.; sister, Eva Owens of Houston; niece, Rebecca Owens of Atlanta, Georgia;
nephews, Chester Owens, Jr. of Houston, Richard Owens of
Phoenix, Ariz., Wallace Peters of Winrock, Wash.; a step-sister, Hazel Pottenger
of Lott, and a host of family on the Stone side whom she dearly loved.
Submitted by
Ken Gates
