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Jesse, Sr., and Ola King Stone
Jesse, Sr., and Ola King Stone
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]}}
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]}}
'''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>
|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 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.
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=findagrave.com/>
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/>