30 Under 30: Lilly Stone

BSCC Nursing

Words by Micah Harrison | Images by Ryan McGill

Sumiton native Lilly Stone cultivated an interest in the medical field the hard way.

"I've had three surgeries on my knee,” Lilly says. “I broke my femoral condyle and they had to replace it with a cadaver bone. (The surgeries) honestly did intrigue me.”

In 2022, Stone graduated from Sumiton Christian School, where she learned a love for anatomy. She says the curriculum included a study of all the anatomical systems, but the cardiac system was her favorite.

These newfound interests, coupled with the surgeries, lead her to pursue a nursing career.

Lilly’s college destination was decided after she received a full-tuition scholarship from the Walker College Foundation to attend Bevill State Community College. Now she is enrolled in the school’s nursing program and is set to graduate in 2024.

She is also no stranger to hard work. She got her first job at a local pharmacy at age 15 and now works at Premier Health Center in Dora, where she triages patients.

"I love to work,” Lilly says. “Everyone in my family is a hard worker.”  

One day, you will probably find Lilly working in a neonatal ICU. She also has plans to become a nurse anesthetist – one who assists an anesthesiologist before surgery.

Perhaps there was purpose in the trials, after all. 78