SHERMAN – Funeral Services for Don Lance Stone, 72, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Meador Funeral Home Chapel in Whitesboro, Texas with Rev. Mike Flanagan officiating. Interment will follow the service at Dixie Cemetery. Family visitation will be held Wednesday, September 28, from 6 - 8 p.m. at the funeral home. He passed away on September 26, 2011 at Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas.

Don Lance Stone was born December 8, 1938 to Orval M. and Ruby Gladys (Collum) Stone in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He married Carol Marcia Greenwald on December 19, 1975 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He was a member of the First Baptist church of Whitesboro. He was the founder of Don's BBQ in 1976. He was a very self-giving man, always willing to help. He never met a stranger and was soft spoken. He was the perfect family man.

He is survived by his wife, Carol Stone, of Sherman, TX; daughters: Darlene Kirby and husband, Terry, of Howe, TX; and Janet Stone-Dodson of Coppell, TX: sons: Darren Stone and wife, Christi, of Whitesboro, TX; Neil Barford and wife, Sharon, of Whitesboro, TX; and Richard Barford of Ft. Worth, TX; brother, Dalton Stone and wife, Betty, of Whitesboro, TX; and sister, Betty McCall of Denton, TX; ten grandchildren: Cythia Stone, Aaron Stone, Bruce Hendershot, Blake Hendershot, Christina Durcan, Brandon Dodson, Tiffany Brantley, Courtney Barford, Jacob Barford, and Joshua Barford; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and friends. He was preceded in death by his son, Gary Don Stone; his parents, Orval and Ruby Stone; a brother, Tommy Stone; and two sisters, Charlotte Stone and Mozelle Stone. Pall bearers will be Bruce Hendershot, Blake Hendershot, Aaron Stone, Terry Kirby, David Johnson, and Darren Stone.

Meador Funeral Home, 401 Hwy 377 North, Whitesboro, Texas 76273, Phone: (903) 564-3800