Allan James Stowell, 81, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 14th, 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 and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist, all of which expressed itself in his extensive shell collection. He started as an electrician, and he founded his first company, Action Electric, in Arlington Virginia. As his company prospered, he began purchasing property first in Arlington, then in Clearwater. After selling land for the old Clearwater Mall on Route 19 and Gulf-to-Bay, he was able to move to Florida permanently in 1974 and became a land developer. He had a passionate interest in politics as a traditional Republican, arranged dances and fundraising events as a social chairman, and was invited to an inaugural ball in Tallahassee. He was very active in local civic organizations and in 2013, he became a director of the Bay Area Apartment Association. But it was his unique vision and life quest of acquiring individual parcels of land starting in the mid-1960’s that together became a lifetime emotional attachment: one of the most beautiful, park-like properties among old, moss-covered oak trees on Tampa Bay. He called it “God’s Country” and considered himself just “The Caretaker”. He lived there for the duration of his life. He had a son named Jimmie. To Allan the sun rose and set in this young man. Unfortunately, Jimmie passed at 33 years old. It was Allan’s dream and desire to see his property developed as a legacy in honor of his son, who gave him three granddaughters. Every year he would allow the land to be used to sell Christmas trees, as well as to host an annual picnic for Heavenly Saints Motorcycle Ministries. He is pre-deceased by his beloved son, James Allan Stowell, and 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.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to one of the following organizations in honor of Allan J. Stowell:
Judgement House
(http://www.judgementhouse.org/donate)
Garden of Grace Ministries
(http://www.gardenofgraceministries.com/donate)
A check to the local branch of
Heaven's Saints Motorcycle Ministry
1630 Keystone Court
Clearwater, FL 33756
A brick for “OperationPAR’s” Recovery Garden walkway can be
engraved “In honor of Allan James Stowell”
(https://polarengraving.com/operationpar).
