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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/>
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=findagrave/>
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.
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.