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Stone rose to state prominence during the administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]], having filled the positions of associate director of the Louisiana Commission on Human Relations, Rights and Responsibilities and as the assistant state superintendent of education<ref name=stone/> under [[Bill Dodd]].​

Stone rose to state prominence during the administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]], having filled the positions of associate director of the Louisiana Commission on Human Relations, Rights and Responsibilities and as the assistant state superintendent of education<ref name=stone/> under [[Bill Dodd]].​

In 1971, Stone became dean of his ''alma mater,'' the Southern University Law Center. From 1972 to 1974, he was an appointed associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court during the administration of Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. On July 1, 1974, he returned to the Southern University System to serve as its fourth president, a position that he retained until 1985.<ref name=stone/> After leaving the presidency, Stone became a law professor at the center but retired in 1986. Thereafter, he was a member of the Southern Board of Supervisors from 1991 to 1995.<ref name=stone/</ref>​

In 1971, Stone became dean of his ''alma mater,'' the Southern University Law Center. From 1972 to 1974, he was an appointed associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court during the administration of Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. On July 1, 1974, he returned to the Southern University System to serve as its fourth president, a position that he retained until 1985.<ref name=stone/> After leaving the presidency, Stone became a law professor at the center but retired in 1986. Thereafter, he was a member of the Southern Board of Supervisors from 1991 to 1995.<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=findagrave/>

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/>