William F. Stone
| William Francis Stone | |
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| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 13th district |
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In office January 1958 – August 18, 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Frank P. Burton |
| Succeeded by | Virgil H. Goode Jr. |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Martinsville, Virginia, Patrick and Henry Counties district |
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In office January , 1954 – 1957 |
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| Preceded by | Willey R. Broaddus |
| Succeeded by | Robert L. Clark and Albert L. Philpott |
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| Born | September 29, 1909 Stoneville, North Carolina |
| Died | August 18, 1973 North Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | M. Ivey Courtney |
| Residence | Martinsville, Virginia |
| Alma mater |
Washington and Lee University Atlanta Law School |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
William Francis Stone (September 29, 1909 – August 18, 1973) was Virginia lawyer and member of the Virginia General Assembly representing Martinsville as well as Patrick and Henry Counties between 1954 and 1957, first as a delegate and then elected to a partial senate term in a special 1957 election upon the death of Frank P. Burton. A member of the Byrd Organization, Stone was a member of the Boatwright Committee which investigated the NAACP as part of the Massive Resistance to racial integration vowed by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd after the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Brown v. Board of Education.
Stone was borne in Stoneville, Rockingham County, North Carolina to Robert Tyler Stone (1865 - 1944) and his wife Mary Starling Hamlin Stone (1877 - 1965). He had at least four brothers who survived into the 1960s. William Stone received a LLB degree from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia in 1933. He received an LLM degree from the Atlanta Law School in Georgia in 1936. He married M. Ivey Courtney.
During World War II, Stone served in the U.S. Navy, earning the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Upon returning home, he was active in his Presbyterian church, the Kiwanis, and the Virginia Bar, being elected its vice president in 1953 and serving on its board of law examiners beginning in 1955.
Stone served as Martinsville's city attorney from 1957 until 1958. He was also a director of the Piedmont Trust Bank.
In 1954 he and William F. Carter won election as the two delegates from Henry and Patrick Counties and Martinsville; Willey R. Broaddus Jr. had previously represented Henry County and Martinsville. Stone was re-elected in 1955. When state senator Frank P. Burton died in 1957, Stone ran for the seat, and was elected, thus representing the district which included Danville, Martinsville as well as Henry, Patrick and Pittsylvania Counties along with incumbent Landon R. Wyatt. In the same 1957 general election, Robert Lybrook Clark and Henry County Commonwealth attorney Albert L. Philpott won election as the two delegates representing Henry and Patrick Counties and Martinsville.
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