"That's an awesome picture of my grandfather! I'm so sorry that you all didn't know him. He was pretty much perfect! He loved Christ and his family, worked hard, appreciated fine things, and watched wrestling on television."
-Adrienne
"Brick Stone was not my father's real name. His name was Harold Aubrey
Stone and he did not like his name. He got his name of Brick on theschool yard play ground when he got in a fight with another little boy
and hit his finger with a brick, and so the kids started calling him
Brick He actually liked that name better, so always used it when
introducing himself. My daddy was a wonderful father. He loved his
family and he loved the Lord. He brought spiritual things into all
our lives by his example in integrity, in business and friendship. He
had many friends and he and my mother had many couple friends that
they always enjoyed. When he was visiting with someone he never got
in a hurry. Often times he was late for things because he would stay
to talk too long. He was a hard worker and started working for a
Lumber Company in the valley when he was 14 to help support his family
and continued to work for them until he opened his own lumber company
in the 1940's in Houston. Later he and his brother, John, started
Stone Supply Company in Houston that sold oil service stations
equipment and that business continued until he died. He died at age
64 from Congestive Failure and I will always miss him because he was
so special to me."
-Grammy
This is the only way I remember PawPaw: smiling and sitting in that big chair. There's a photo of me sitting on his lap in that chair somewhere in the archives. I remember feeling so proud when my teachers at Second Baptist told me what a fine man he was. They had such respect for him, and I'm sure all his business associates did as well.
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