Braydon Alexander Stone

BRAYDON ALEXANDER STONE
Beloved Son, Brother, Father…Treasured by Many

Braydon Alexander Stone, 23, of Alexandria, Virginia, died on June 26, 2022 of injuries sustained in a tragic motorcycle accident. Born at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland on June 11, 1999 to Avie Raphael Stone and Erin Martin Stone, Braydon moved to Naples, Italy with his family when he was just six weeks old. He subsequently lived in Maryland, California, and Virginia, and graduated from Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Virginia in 2017.

Braydon attended George Mason University. He enjoyed working for Two Marines Moving and Quick Reaction Movers, and especially liked driving. He was studying for his Commercial Driver’s License and had plans to start his own business and buy a house. He loved his family, learning, and laughing. He cared about people. He was kind and generous. He enjoyed long walks and kayak trips with his dog Bodhi.

Braydon is much loved and survived by his fiancée, Karmen Francesca Pullara and their two children, Dalisay Bowie and Forest Kodi Pullara Stone; his mother Erin Martin Stone, his father Avie Raphael Stone and step-mother, Amy Melissa Stone; maternal grandfather Robert Brumley Martin; paternal grandmother Mardee Stone; siblings Sydney Neylon Stone (Phillip Alexander Garcia), Matthew Lawrence Stone, and Kailah Michaelene Stone; nephews and nieces Mateo Alexander, Koen Elias, McKenna Isabella, Emerson James, and Josephine Eloise Garcia; aunts and uncles Tamar and David Tufts, Meg Marie O’Grady, John O’Grady, Molly Kathleen and Chris Miller, Moira Kate Martin, Rory Mavourneen Brosius, and Matthew Brosius; and cousins Jasmine Christine Rhineberger, Neylon Clare O’Grady, Noah Luke Sambrowski, Brian Tufts, and Jared Tufts. He is predeceased by his maternal grandmother Joann Marie Clark Martin and cousin Chandler McKenzie Rhineberger.

Please join the family for visitation on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 any time between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm and for celebration of life on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 10:00 am, both at
Cunningham Turch Funeral Home, 811 Cameron Street, Alexandria, Virginia, and for reception in Arlington to follow the Wednesday service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to college savings plans at Ugift529.com for Dalisay (code U72-B94) and Forest (code 62B-413); or to Fishburne Military School, Waynesboro, Virginia, in Braydon’s name. Contact Cunningham Turch Funeral Home, 703-549-1800, for more information.