Robert Stone

STONE, Mr. Robert Anthony "Tony" - Age 52, passed away Monday, March 27, 2006 at McLaren Regional Medical Center. Family hour 1:30PM Monday, April 3, 2006 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., with funeral service commencing at 2PM. Pastor W.C. Towner officiating. Interment Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, 2020 E. Hill Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 1:30PM Monday. Mr. Stone will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, and may be viewed from 10AM-8PM Sunday. Mr. Robert Anthony "Tony" Stone was born March 2, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of John Stone and Dorothy Spievey. He was a resident of Flint, graduating in 1973 from Hill-McCoy High School in Montrose, MI. On September 24, 1976, Robert united in Holy Matrimony to Venus Doreen Fairley. He was employed for 33 years at Chevrolet Truck and Bus, a division of General Motors Corporation, and was a member of UAW Local # 598. Robert enjoyed fishing, card games, dominoes and cartoons. Mr. Robert Anthony "Tony" Stone leaves to cherish his memory: loving and devoted wife, Venus Doreen (Fairley) Stone; daughter, Shantel Renee Stone; grandparents, Stonewall and Mattie Fairley, Sr., all of Flint; sisters, Charzette (Aldolphus) Christen of Atlanta, GA, Shelly Wells of Lansing, MI; niece, Kimberly Young of Memphis, TN; nephews, Todd Young of Detroit, MI, Zecharcy Wells of Lansing, MI; aunts, Jeanette Spievey of Detroit, MI; father and mother-in-law, Rev. Eddie and Linda Cooper of Chicago, IL; god-sister, Florence Rene Williams; brothers-in-law, Gary Cooper, Michael (Rocheal) Cooper, all of Chicago, IL; many other relatives and friends including special friends, Lawrence Crawford, Steve Howard, Kenneth Jamison, Al Lee, and his co-workers at Truck and Bus of Flint. Mr. Stone was preceded in death by his daughter, Denise LaShawn "Looney" Stone; parents, Dorothy Spievey, John Stone; aunts, Mildred and Marion, including special aunt, Viola Spievey McDonald; uncles, Robert and Harold Spievey; and brother-in-law, Edward Cooper. The family would like to express special thanks to Dr. Mary Ghalib, Rev. W.C. Towner and the Untied Baptist Church family, Superintendent Pastor Quinton L. Marshall, Sr. and the New Life Tabernacle Church family, the medical staff response team at Truck and Bus, and the staff at McLaren Regional Medical Center.

Robert Stone

March 2, 1954 - March 27, 2006