Doris Noland Stone, 88, of Tifton passed away Thursday, August 12, 2021, at Tifton Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, August 15, 2021, at Eldorado Baptist Church with the Rev. Mark Stone officiating. Mrs. Stone will be laid to rest at Eldorado Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Ronnie Lawson officiating. The family will receive friends Sunday, August 15, 2021, at Eldorado Baptist Church from 2:00 p.m. until the hour of the service.
Mrs. Stone’s great-grandchildren will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Mrs. Stone’s grandchildren.
Born October 24, 1932, in Tifton, Mrs. Stone was the daughter of the late Lovie Eli Noland and Sarah Tawzer Noland. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, Cleo Jackson Stone; one grandson, Andrew Stone; and one brother, Buddy Noland. She earned her Associate Degree in Nursing and, before retiring, worked as an LPN at Tift Regional Medical Center. She was also a homemaker and a member of Eldorado Baptist Church.
Mrs. Stone is survived by four sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Francine Stone, Tommy and Kathy Stone and Bobby and Ginger Stone, all of Tifton and Kenny and Carol Stone of Florence, South Carolina; eleven grandchildren and their spouses, Travis and Anna Stone, Tracey and Trae Stevens, David and Holly Stone, Christopher and Cindy Stone, Tommy Jr. and Erica Stone, Coy Stone, Kris and Amanda Stone, Ginny and Mike Webb, Daniel Stone, Trey and Beth Green and Chris and Laura Jones; 24 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Wallace Wayne Noland of Tifton.