Joan Elizabeth (Logue) Owens, a resident of Bristol (now part of Lothian, MD) since 1959 died January 9, 2012 at the age of 72. She was born September 26, 1939 in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Berwyn Heights in Prince George’s County, MD. She graduated from High Point Senior High School in 1957. Joan worked for Prince George’s County Health Department from 1957-1959 in Cheverly, MD. She returned to the Prince George’s County Health Dept. from 1963-1965 in Hyattsville, MD. She became a realtor in 1973 and retired in 1999 from Schwartz Realty in Deale, MD. Joan was also a co-owner of the family business, Owens Sunoco Gas Station, from 1972 to 1992. She served as President, Vice President, and Secretary-Treasurer of the PTA at Tracey’s Elementary School in Tracy’s Landing, MD. Joan was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary Unit 206 at the Stallings-Williams Post American Legion in Chesapeake Beach, MD.
Joan is survived by her husband Frank Richard Owens, Sr., her two sons Frank Richard Owens, Jr. and his wife Stacy and Michael Addison Owens and his wife Sandy, all of Lothian. She has one grandson Frank Richard Owens III and his wife Joy of North Beach, MD and one great granddaughter, Kamryn Storm. Also surviving are her two sisters Grace E. Nye of Portland, Oregon and Donna L. Smith of Gilbert, SC. She has three nephews and one niece along with one great niece and two great nephews. Joan was preceded in death by her mother Julia E. Nye and father John H. Logue, and by a brother William E. “Sonny” Logue, Sr.