Allan James Stowell

STOWELL

ALLAN JAMES STOWELL (Age 81)

Allan James Stowell passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 14, 2023 surrounded by friends and family. Born in Alexandria, Virginia on October 3, 1941, he was the quintessential self-made man, a shrewd real estate entrepreneur who worked all his life to save and acquire his fortune. He grew up in Falls Church, Virginia but spent many summers at his grandparent's house in Clearwater, Florida. He loved marine science, malacology, and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. His father taught him to be an electrician, and he founded his first company, Action Electric, in Arlington, Virginia. He began purchasing property first in Arlington, then in Clearwater. Eventually, he was able to move to Florida permanently. He had a passionate interest in politics as a traditional Republican and arranged fundraising events as a social chairman. But it was his vision to acquire individual parcels of land in the mid-1960's that combined to become one of the most beautiful, park-like properties among old, moss-covered oak trees on Tampa Bay, including the former Bethel Presbyterian Church, which established Stowell Properties, LLC. He called it "God's Country" and considered himself just the "caretaker." In addition to his beloved son, James Allan Stowell, who passed at 33, Allan was pre-deceased by his sisters, Kimberly Charlene Stowell Stevans and Barbara "Peaches" Stowell, and his brother John Stowell. He is survived by his daughter-in-law, Julie Stowell, his grandchildren, Cheyenne, 8, and Dakota Stowell, 10, and Savana Moore, 16, his devoted friend, Desiree Little, his brother-in-law, David Stevans, his sisters, Kathleen Anderson Williams and Laura Suzanne Anderson, and his right-hand and confidant, Johannes H. Waart. A service and celebration of his life will take place on Saturday, February 4, at the chapel on 2905 Gulf to Bay Boulevard in Clearwater at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Judgement House, 13799 Park Blvd. #101, Seminole, FL 33776 (http://judgementhouse.org/donate), or a brick for Operation PAR's Recovery Garden walkway can be engraved "In honor of Allan James Stowell" (https://polarengraving.com/operationpar).