Lindale, Texas
Joe M. Stovall
1930 — 2022
Joseph Melon Stovall was born in McAlester, OK in 1930 and lived a long, full life of 92 years. He was the only child of Claud and Alice Stovall. He graduated from McAlester High School as a clarinet player in the band and president of his senior class. He met his future wife Dody Hall when she threw a snowball at him on the MHS campus. They were married 57 years. After high school graduation, he joined the Naval Reserve and then the Air Force during the Korean War. He was a freemason in McAlester and earned a marketing degree from Oklahoma State University where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. For the majority of his career he was a banker, beginning at Mercantile National...