"3">Norborne “Bazoo” Clarke Stone Jr., 86, of Bay Minette, passed away Sept. 4, 2011, at his home in Spanish Fort. He was born on Feb. 28, 1925 in Mobile, the son of Norborne C. Stone and Blandie Dickson Stone.
"3">Norborne graduated with honors in 1942 from University Military School of Mobile, and then attended The Citadel, in Charleston, S.C. and Spring Hill College in Mobile. Following service in the United States Air Force during World War II, Norborne graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1947. While in law school, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
"3">After graduating, Norborne returned to Bay Minette to practice law where his grandfather, Frank S. Stone, began practicing in 1897, and his father, Norborne C. Stone, began practicing in 1917.
"3">Norborne was a founding member of Stone Granade & Crosby P.A. Following terms of service on the Alabama State Bar Association’s Board of Bar Commissioners and its Judicial Inquiry Commission, he served as its president in 1982-83. Norborne was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, an organization whose membership is composed of the best of the trial bar in the United States and Canada. He was also a founding director of Attorneys Insurance Mutual of the South Inc., an insurance company dedicated to serving the needs of Alabama attorneys, and continued to serve on its Board of Directors until 2010.
"3">In 2007, he was awarded the Howell T. Heflin Honor and Integrity Award by the Mobile and Baldwin County Bar Associations. Norborne also served the University of Alabama School of Law as an active member of the Farrah Law Society and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Law School Foundation.
"3">As a citizen of Bay Minette, he was a member of the Kiwanis Club and served on the vestry of Immanuel Episcopal Church where he was also a lay reader. In 2003, he and his wife were chosen as the North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce Citizens of the Year.
"3">He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Patricia “Pat” Bartlett Stone; and six children, Nancy Crunkleton (Richard), Huntsville; Louise Wright (Jimmie), Birmingham; Elizabeth C. Stone, Maryville, Tenn.; Norborne “Chip” C. Stone III (Elizabeth), Fairhope; Anne Sumblin (Andy), Kinston, Ala.; and Patricia D. Stone, Tuscaloosa; and by 11 grandchildren and one great-grandson.
"3">The family will receive visitors at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Daphne’s Malone Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, at 2 p.m. A memorial service will follow at 3 p.m.
"3">In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Immanuel Episcopal Church, 700 McMillan Ave., Bay Minette, AL 36507, or the University of Alabama School of Law Foundation, P.O. Box 870382, Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0382.
"3">Arrangements by Norris Funeral Home, Bay Minette.
