Stone, Harold Dean, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Saturday, February
27th, 2016 at Harton Regional Medical Center at the age of 79. Mr. Stone
was born in Coffee County, Tennessee to the late Everett C. and Clara
Belle Kent Stone. During his life he worked as a System Analyst with
Sverdrup for 36 years and was a member of First Christian Church in
Tullahoma. Dean was an avid lover of baseball. He played at Tullahoma
High School where they won a state championship. He spent many years
mentoring and coaching Little League and Babe Ruth baseball in Tullahoma,
including taking a team all the way to the Babe Ruth State Championship.
Two of the players he coached went on to be drafted into Major League
Baseball. After his retirement from AEDC in 1998, he golfed regularly
with a group of friends each week. In addition to his parents, Mr.
Stone was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Suzanne Stone; two
brothers, E.C. and Ralph Stone; and three sisters, Margaret Fletcher,
Nellie Jean Robertson, and Betty Parrish. He is survived by his daughter,
Jennifer Bean and her husband Allen of Tullahoma; son, Andy Stone of
Tullahoma; two grandchildren, Houston Burt and his wife Kayla of
Tullahoma and Hayley Burt of Tullahoma; and great-granddaughter, Reiley
Burt. Visitation for Mr. Stone will be held on Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
at Kilgore Funeral Home from 5:00-7:00pm. A memorial service will be held
on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 at 1:00pm at First Christian Church in
Tullahoma with Rev. Tom Murdock officiating. In lieu of flowers, the
family asks that donations be made to the First Christian Church Building
Fund, 120 West Grundy Street, Tullahoma, Tennessee 37388.
Kilgore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.