Hattie Bowen Crown, also known as "Bowenie", died April 19, 2008 at Calvert County Nursing Center, Prince Frederick, MD, where she had resided since 2004. She was born December 23, 1914 in Frazier, Calvert County, MD.

She attended the former Solomons School, and worked in her youth as a crab picker in Solomons Island. She married Fenton W. Crown, Jr. on September 19, 1936, and they made their home and raised their family in Southeast Washington, D.C. She was a homemaker, and was known to be an excellent cook. She also enjoyed flower gardening. Her husband died September 30, 1982, and she moved back to Calvert County in 1994.

She is survived by her son Meredith Ward "Mert" Crown and his wife Joan, and her daughter Lorraine E. Perkins. Grandmother of Timmy, Jimmy and Joey Perkins, Michelle Thacker and Laurie Jackson, she is also survived by eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her parents Samuel E. and Hattie Bowen Ward, her brothers Elmer, William, Fletcher, Walter and Frank Ward, and her sisters Marie Ward and Nettie Lusby.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.