Margaret Hayes Stone, 91, wife of the late Clinton McKenley “Buddy” Stone, died Sunday, January 14, 2024, at her home in Kingstree, SC, surrounded by family.

     Mrs. Stone was born July 24, 1932, in Hyman, SC, a daughter of the late Holland Berry Hayes and Minnie Mae Earp Hayes. She was a homemaker who loved cooking and gardening. Mrs. Stone was a member of Kingstree First Assembly of God, where she was very active until her health failed.

     Surviving Mrs. Stone are: her daughter, Sheron (Wright) Miles of Kingstree; grandchildren, Andy (Pat) Miles, Clint (Danielle) Miles, Pam (Jason) Markland, Amanda (Jake) Stevens, and Amy (Pat) Burchell; great grandchildren, Aiden Miles, Cadie Miles, Ethan (Mary Louise) Miles, Garrett Miles, Kylie and Jackson Markland, Pita, Sophia and Trey Stevens, and Vayda Serrato; sisters, Vonnie (David) Turner and Jerrilyn (Van) Fraley; and special sister-in-law, Merilynn Hayes. In addition to her parents and her husband, Mrs. Stone was preceded in death by her son Richard A. Stone, brothers, John Thomas Hayes, Ernest Hayes, and Earl Hayes, and a sister, Lois Wise.

     Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Monday, January 15, 2024, at Williamsburg Funeral Home, with burial at Kingstree Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Stone’s family will greet friends at the funeral home at 1 PM just prior to the service.

     Online condolences may be sent to the family on the obituary page at www.WilliamsburgFuneralHome.com