Joe Lenox Stone, 82, died near Rocky Point on Nov. 21, 2009.
The youngest child of Leona Viola (Lester) and Alfred Lenox Stone, he was born Nov. 14, 1927 in Scotia, Calif., and raised in Coquille.
Following graduation from high school, he began his 26-year career with the Marines.
He married Marion Maxwell in the mid-1950s and the couple made their home on bases worldwide. He served during World War II, the Korean conflict, the…