William F. Stone

William Francis Stone
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 13th district
In office
January 1958 – August 18, 1973
Preceded byFrank P. Burton
Succeeded byVirgil H. Goode Jr.
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the Martinsville, Virginia, Patrick and Henry Counties district
In office
January , 1954 – 1957
Preceded byWilley R. Broaddus
Succeeded byRobert L. Clark and Albert L. Philpott
Personal details
BornSeptember 29, 1909
Stoneville, North Carolina, US
DiedAugust 18, 1973
North Carolina, US
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseM. Ivey Courtney
ResidenceMartinsville, Virginia
Alma materWashington and Lee University
Atlanta Law School
ProfessionLawyer

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.[1] 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.

  1. ^ E. Griffith Dodson, The General Assembly of Virginia (1940-1960) pp. 587, 907

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