[3][6] She received a National Broadcasting Award from the Sandford St Martin Trust in 1979 for her contributions to radio.
[6] From 1981 to 1983, Stone held her first incumbency as rector of St Mary's Church, Corsley, Wiltshire, in the diocese of Salisbury.
[2] In June 2000, it was announced that she would be taking a short break from her parish work to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
There are no ethical or ecclesiastical legal reasons why the Rev Carol Stone should not continue in ministry in the Church of England.
[7]In November 2000, she returned to St Philip's and parish ministry and began using the name Carol Ann Stone.
[6] Four out of eighty members of the congregation left the church because of her transition; the rest "agreed to welcome their priest back as a woman".
[10] In addition to her parish ministry and school chaplaincy, Stone served as military chaplain.