Donna J. Stone died of heart failure at her home in Texas. She was 61. In cooperation with American Mothers, Inc., Stone's children founded the Donna J. Stone National Literary Awards in her honor.American Mothers, Inc. (Anna Reeves Jarvis and Sarah Delano Roosevelt, 1935; AMI, 2007). Retrieved 2009-12-29. Several writers and poets, all of them mothers themselves, have benefitted from this program.Poet's Market 2000 – Contests & Awards: Donna J. Stone National Literary Awards (Chantelle Bentley, ed., 1999 Writers Digest Books). Retrieved 2010-01-05.Writer's Market 2000 – Contests & Awards / Multiple Writing Areas: Donna J. Stone National Literary Awards (Kirsten C. Holm, ed. 1999 Writers Digest Books). Retrieved 2010-01-05. Many of Stone's poems are still in reproduction. A few have been posted on the Wielder of Words website, which is freely available to the public.Wielder of Words: A Collection of Poems by Donna J. Stone website (2010, Christopher K. Stone). Retrieved 2010-05-29.
