Roy E. Stone

Roy Eschol Stone departed this Earthly life Saturday, February 13, 2016 at the Heartford House, under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky, following a massive stroke.

Roy was born April 7, 1927 in Fry, Texas to the late Robert and Lucinda Fletcher Stone. He attended elementary school and junior high in Horse Cave, KY. Upon graduating Owensboro High School in June 1945, he joined the US Navy and did his boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, followed by assignment to the USSYP619 in the Pacific at Saipan. He was transferred to the USS Chilula ATF 153 at Long Beach, CA and later honorably discharged at the US Naval Air Station in Memphis, TN.

He attended the University of Kentucky and graduated with a BS degree in Commerce and was commissioned 2nd Lt. Infantry in June 1951. He was called to active duty that September and served in the Free Territory of Trieste (Italy) as part of the 351st Inf. Regt. and in Germany in the 4th Inf. Div. After release from active duty in 1954, he became a foreman in the General Electric Tube Dept. He later transferred to Finance where he became the company's primary representative for union relations. It was a position he also held with MPD, Inc., the successor company to GE which still operates in Owensboro.

Roy left GE in 1973 to accept appointment as Comptroller of OMU, from which he resigned after a short time to accept the position as Business Manager and Treasurer of Kentucky Wesleyan College. After seven years, he returned to GE; in all working a total of 32 years for GE and MPD.

Active in the community, he served as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Boulware Center, Chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board, President of the United Way of Owensboro-Daviess County, and President of the United Way of the Ohio Valley. He was active at Zion United Church of Christ and served on the church council for many years. He was a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow and Kentucky Colonel.

Other community activities included the Boy Scouts and Girl Scout Cookie Chairman, as well as Treasurer of the Hospitality House - the first house in Owensboro opened to serve the families of hospitalized patients.

In his free time Roy enjoyed golf, travel, slide photography and UK basketball. His friends and neighbors were always delighted to receive fresh vegetables from his manicured garden which was protected by a tuxedo-clad scarecrow.

He had been married for sixty-seven years to Norma Jean Stone, daughter of Elmer and Helen Smith. The Stones have two children, Sharon Clements and husband Richard of Cameron, NC and Robert Stone of Owensboro. They have one grandson, Dr. Casey Clements and wife Lucinda of Rochester, MN and three great-granddaughters, Edra, Roslyn and Joy.

Services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 17, at Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory. Enichement will follow at Owensboro Memorial Gardens Mausoleum with full military honors. Visitation will begin at Noon Wednesday at the funeral home.

If you wish to honor Roy, please do so by making a contribution to your favorite charity. Condolences to the family may be placed at www.glennfuneralhome.com.