Ree Ruth Stone

July 23, 1938 - August 8, 2018

Ree Ruth Stone joined the Lord August 8, 2018. She had celebrated her 80th birthday and 52nd Wedding Anniversary just 2 weeks prior to her passing at the Curis of Charlotte Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Center. Ree was born on July 23, 1938 to her parents, now deceased, Paul and Matilda Hooper of Saint Petersburg, Florida. Shortly after graduating from High School there, she entered the medical field at age 19, self- taught until she became Certified in the field of Ophthalmology. She met and married Claude H. Stone in 1966, moving to Miami, Florida. The family traveled and had residences in New York, Texas, California before settling in Charlotte, NC, where the couple have resided for 34 years. Ree spent years at the former Nalle Clinic in Charlotte where she managed the Ophthalmology Department there, and later retired from the Charlotte Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic after a long and successful career of caring for patients and keeping her Doctors in line. She was an active member of St. Michaels Anglican Church. She was a loving, supportive wife, mother and friend, quick witted, and never knew a stranger. Surviving family include; Husband, Claude H. Stone of Charlotte; Daughter and Husband, Loree and Jimmie Rogers, and Grandson, Dylan Krummenacker, all of Eustis, Florida; Son, Frank Mock and wife Anna Henderson, of Mims, Florida; Nephew, Donald and wife, Elyse Stone of Charlotte, NC; Nephew James Jr. and wife, Elke Stone of Sammamish, Washington. A Memorial Service will be conducted by Father Michael Cawthon and Father Richard Bakley at Saint Michael Anglican Church, 2211 Margaret Wallace Road, Matthews, NC 28105 beginning at 3:00 PM Friday, August 17, 2018. There will be a graveside ceremony at High Point Presbyterian Church, 24168 High Point Road, Bristol, VA 24202. Services will be conducted by Reverend Doug Smith for family and friends on Saturday, August 18th beginning at 6:00 pm.