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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name= Jesse Nealand Stone, Jr.
| name= Jesse Nealand Stone, Jr.
(African-American attorney and university system president)
| birth_date=June 17, 1924
| birth_date=June 17, 1924
| birth_place=Gibsland, Bienville Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| birth_place=Gibsland, Bienville Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
'''Resting place''':<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
Sheppard Street Cemetery in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana
Sheppard Street Cemetery in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana
| occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Educator]]<br>
| religion=[[Baptist]]
| alma_mater=Webster High School (Minden)
| alma_mater=Southern University
Southern University<br>
Southern University Law Center (both in [[Baton Rouge]])
Southern University Law Center (both in [[Baton Rouge]])
|spouse=Willa Dean Anderson Stone (married c. 1950-2001, his death)<br>
|spouse=Willa Dean Anderson Stone (married c. 1950-2001, his death)<br>
'''Jesse Nealand Stone, Jr.''' (June 17, 1924 – May 14, 2001), was an [[African-American]] [[attorney]]] and [[educator]] from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who broke past color barriers in state [[government]].<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181535534/jesse-nealand-stone|title=Jesse Nealand Stone, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 11, 2020}}</ref>
'''Jesse Nealand Stone, Jr.''' (June 17, 1924 – May 14, 2001), was an [[African-American]] [[attorney]]] and [[educator]] from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who broke past color barriers in state [[government]].<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181535534/jesse-nealand-stone|title=Jesse Nealand Stone, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 11, 2020}}</ref>
==Biography==
==Biography==
A native of Gibsland in Bienville Parish, Stone was a son of Jesse, Sr., and the former Ola Walker. He graduated from the defunct Webster High School in nearby [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].<ref name=findagrave/> In 1950, Stone was in the first ever graduating class of the historically black Southern University Law Center, an institution established in 1947 in [[Baton Rouge]].
A native of [[rural]] Gibsland in Bienville Parish, Stone was a son of Jesse, Sr., and the former Ola Walker. He graduated from the defunct Webster High School in nearby [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].<ref name=findagrave/> In 1950, Stone was in the first ever graduating class of the historically black Southern University Law Center, an institution established in 1947 in [[Baton Rouge]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sulc.edu/about/history.htm|title=Southern University Law Center|publisher=sulc.edu|accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref> For a time, he was the only black attorney in Shreveport,<ref name=stone>"Jesse N. Stone, Noted Louisiana Lawyer And Educator, Dies At 76," ''Jet Magazine,'' May 2001.</ref> much as [[Louis Berry]] had filled that role in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana.<ref name=findagrave/>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sulc.edu/about/history.htm|title=Southern University Law Center|publisher=sulc.edu|accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref> For a time, he was the only black attorney in Shreveport,<ref name=stone>"Jesse N. Stone, Noted Louisiana Lawyer And Educator, Dies At 76," ''Jet Magazine,'' May 2001.</ref> much as [[Louis Berry]] had filled that role in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana.<ref name=findagrave/>
|title=Jesse N. Stone Lecture hall|publisher=susla.edu|accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref>
|title=Jesse N. Stone Lecture hall|publisher=susla.edu|accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref>
Stone died in Shreveport of a long illness thirty-four days before his 77th birthday. Survivors included his wife, the former Willa Dean Anderson (born c. 1928), and a daughter, Shonda Deann Stone (born March 10, 1963), a Shreveport attorney.<ref name=stone/>
Stone died in Shreveport of a long illness thirty-four days before his 77th birthday. Survivors included his wife, the former Willa Dean Anderson (born c. 1928), and a daughter, Shonda Deann Stone Williams (born March 10, 1963), a Shreveport attorney and [[judge]]. He is interred at Sheppard Street Cemetery, an historically black resting place across from the Webster Parish School Board office in Minden.<ref name.
In 1990, Stone was the first inductee of the Southern University Law Center "Hall of Fame." In 1998, a professorship was endowed in Stone's honor. The Jesse N. Stone Lecture Hall on the campus of Southern University at Shreveport is named in his honor. A video conferencing room inside Stone Hall is named for former [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], also of Shreveport.<ref name=sus/>
In 1990, Stone was the first inductee of the Southern University Law Center "Hall of Fame." In 1998, a professorship was endowed in Stone's honor. The Jesse N. Stone Lecture Hall on the campus of Southern University at Shreveport is named in his honor. A video conferencing room inside Stone Hall is named for former [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], also of Shreveport.<ref name=sus/>
Stone's tenure over the Southern University system coincided with that of [[F. Jay Taylor]] of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], also a native of Gibsland.
Stone's tenure over the Southern University system coincided with that of [[F. Jay Taylor]] of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], also a native of Gibsland, who was a year older than Stone.
==References==
==References==