Background
Stone was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, and graduated from Cook High School in Adel, Georgia.
Stone was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, and graduated from Cook High School in Adel, Georgia.
He did not attend college, instead moving to Marion County, where he started Stone Petroleum Products, a wholesale distributor of petroleum products in Ocala. In 2004, Stone ran for a position on the Marion County Commission from District 5, and he was elected with 55% of the vote over Democratic nominee Mike Sizemore. He was re-elected unopposed in 2008, and served as the Chairman of the Commission during his final term.
In 2012, following the reconfiguration of the districts, Stone opted to run in the newly created 22nd District.
In 2014, Stone was re-elected to his second term in the legislature without opposition. While in the legislature, Stone joined with State Senator Dorothy Hukill to sponsor legislation that would authorize a "tax break for indoor agriculture" and "incorporate "indoor agricultural enterprises" into the list of industries that are identified by Enterprise Florida as "high impact."".