The longtime School of Education faculty member served ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ in retirement as its official university decorator. The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Medallion recipient, whose career included time as a school teacher and principal, witnessed firsthand pivotal moments in North Carolina history.
Plans for a memorial service at the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Community Church are still being finalized.
Before embarking on her distinguished 30-year career with ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, Stone was an elementary school teacher and principal. She later wrote a third-grade spelling textbook adopted by schools nationwide.
Stone witnessed pivotal moments in North Carolina history, including the racial integration of Burlington’s public schools.
The entrance plaza of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Community Church was named the William J. Andes and Lucile Stone Plaza in 2002 in honor of Lucile Stone and her late second husband, a member of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Class of 1935 and the church’s former pastor. Bill Andes died in 2009.
In 1998, Lucile Stone received the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Medallion, the highest honored bestowed by the university, for her distinguished service to the school.
Notes to Stone’s family can be sent to her son, Dr. Woody Stone, at 133 Falls Summit Road, Hendersonville, NC 28739.