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JOHN TAS ``JAY'' STONE
CLARENDON -- John Tas ``Jay'' Stone, 88, died Saturday, Oct. 28, 2006, in Mineral
Wells.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today in Robertson Funeral Directors Chapel Of
Memories with the Rev. Bryan Knowles, Baptist minister, officiating. Burial
will be in Silverton Cemetery in Silverton.
Mr. Stone was born Nov. 7, 1917, in Cottle County to Tas Kirk and Jennie Lewis
Stone. Following the early death of their father, the family moved from
Silverton to a farm northeast of Clarendon in 1929. During the Depression, he
and his brothers and sisters farmed, and Jay worked for neighboring farms and
ranches. In 1943, he married Mable Moore and they had one son.
Toward the end of World War II he served in the U.S. Army. After separation
from the Army, he worked for the RO Ranch until 1955. Subsequently, he worked
for the Texas Department of Transportation until his retirement. Jay always
ran a small stock farm, where his cattle and their care were his first love.
Many people in the area became familiar with Jay's beef. In 1982, Jay married
Ola Bradshaw.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, George; and a sister,
Louise Riley.
Survivors include his wife, Ola of Clarendon; four sons, Roger Stone and wife
Pam of Lawrence, Neb., Billy Bradshaw and wife Dianna of Wilmington, N.C.,
Dennis Bradshaw and wife JoAnne of Mineral Wells and Douglas Bradshaw and wife
Ann of Benbrook; a brother, Kenneth Stone of Howardwick; a sister, Sue Hardage
of Altus, Okla.; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-
great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to the Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department,
P.O. Box 364, Clarendon, TX 79226-0364.
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November 7, 1917 - October 28, 2006