Paul Joy Abell, Jr. of Glenn Dale, Maryland died on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Paul is the husband of Edna Abell; father of Eileen M. Abell and Thomas E. Abell; brother of Charles and George Abell and the late Catherine Lanham, Susan Martin, John and Francis Abell. The Abell family will receive friends at the Robert E. Evans Funeral Home, 16000 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Maryland 20715 from 2 to 4 pm, Sunday, November 4, 2012. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 am, Monday, November 5, 2012 at Ascension Catholic Church, Bowie, Maryland. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.