Stone Barefield

Stone Deavours Barefield was born on July 28, 1927, in Laurel, Mississippi.^[1][2] He was the son of Samuel Stephen Barefield, Sr. and Dinah (Deavours) Barefield.^[2] He graduated from Hattiesburg High School in 1945.^[2] He graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor's degree in 1952, and then graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law.^[2][1] He became a licensed attorney in 1954.^[2] He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1960 to 1984.^[1] He died unexpectedly at his house in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on March 20, 2009.^[2]