After graduating he attended the University of Virginia, while in his senior year he was drafted.

[4] After nine months of training at MacDill Air Force Base he became a commissioned officer.

[5] Stallings started practicing law after graduating from the University of Florida.

After retiring from the legislator, he served as the general counsel of the Florida Retail Federation.

[3][5] Stallings first marriage was to a woman named Marguerite Hamilton, a war widow, in 1946.