Bob Stone

Funeral services for Mr. Bob Stone, age 77, of Tyler, Texas are scheduled for 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 22, 2014 in the Lindale First Baptist Church with Rev. Tom Buck and Rev. Ronnie Stribble officiating. Interment will be held 10:30 A.M. Thursday, January 23, 2014 at the Dallas/Ft.Worth National Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. Services are under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale, Texas. Mr. Stone died Saturday, January 18, 2014 in a Tyler hospital. He was born in Lookeba, Oklahoma on February 24, 1936 to the late Rufus Brian and Ruth Elizabeth (Colston) Stone, was raised in Kansas and formerly of California before moving to Lindale in 1999. Mr. Stone served in the United States Marine Corps and was chosen to participate in the inauguration of Pres. John F. Kennedy. He owned and operated Tierra Pacifica Land Services before retiring in 1993. Mr. Stone was a member of the Lindale First Baptist Church and was active with the Senior Men’s Kitchen Crew. He was an active volunteer with the Texas Baptist Men, including traveling all over with their Disaster Relief Team and with the First Baptist Tyler Recreation Center. He was preceded in death by 3 brothers, Ken Stone, Jesse Stone and R. B. Stone. Mr. Stone is survived by his wife, Frances Stone of Tyler, Texas; daughter & son-in-law, Michelle “Shelly” & Doug Van Gordon of Portland, Oregon; son & daughter-in-law, Michael & Joannie Stone of Camarillo, California; 2 step-sons, Buck Lee and wife, Carol of Tyler, Texas and Scot Lee of Longmont, California; brother, Bill Stone of El Paso, Texas; 2 sisters, Doris Mann of Salinas, California and Barbara Stone of Ventura, California; 8 grandchildren, Jason Trisler, Ashley Stone, Crystal Stone, Brian Stone, Dillon Lee, Luke Lee, Lance Lee and Bret Lee; and numerous nieces and nephews. Honorary pallbearers are the Texas Baptist Men’s Disaster Relief Team. Serving as pallbearers will be Luke Lee, Lance Lee, Buck Lee, Scot Lee, Randy Stone, and Jared Martinez The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at the Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale, Texas.

Bob Stone

February 24, 1936 - January 18, 2014