Leanne Stone Shaver

Leanne Stone Shaver, 90, of Mt. Holly, NC and formerly of Johnson City, TN passed away

Thursday, February 19, 2026 at Novant Huntersville Medical Center. As she fought several

medical issues she was surrounded with love by her devoted family. She was born December 5,

1935 in Santa Clara, CA, the only child of the late Dr. Leonard and Elizabeth Stone.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years John H. (Jack)

Shaver.

Leanne was a proud graduate of the Woman's College at Duke University and one of her

favorite things to do was to cheer on her beloved Duke Blue Devils on the basketball court. She

also enjoyed attending Duke Club of Charlotte events. While at Duke she was a sister of Kappa

Kappa Gamma sorority. During her life with Jack they lived in the Chicago, IL area twice, the

St. Louis, MO area and the Toledo, OH area before finally settling in Johnson City, TN for 47

years. She and Jack collected many friends through their lives and enjoyed spending time with

them. Leanne was a gracious hostess when entertaining at their home. A lifelong love of

Leanne's was classical music and she supported the local symphony orchestra wherever she was

living. One of her proudest achievements was having helped the Johnson City Symphony

Orchestra survive the COVID pandemic as the chairperson of the symphony board of directors.

She was a lover of live theater and attended too many events to count at Barter Theater in

Abingdon, VA and Flat Rock Playhouse in Flat Rock, NC. She served on the board of directors

of Barter Theater for many years. Leanne also loved to travel and had visited many parts of the

world with Jack and frequently with friends.

Most important to her was her family and she will always be remembered as a devoted

daughter, wife, mother and grandmother. She leaves a legacy to be cherished by her survivors,

her sons John Shaver and wife Charlotte and Tom Shaver and wife Linda and grandson

Nicholas Shaver and wife Erica, all of Charlotte, NC.

Per her wishes there will be no funeral or service. Memorial donations could be made to the

American Cancer Society, National Kidney Foundation or to the Johnson City (TN) Symphony

Orchestra.