Joan Lewis Marshall

Joan grew up in Blacksburg, Virginia where she attended high school. Following high school graduation, Joan attended Radford College and received her degree in Sociology. Twenty years into her career as an adoption social worker with Roanoke County Department of Social Services, she enrolled in Virginia Tech where she received her Master’s Degree in Counseling Education. She continued her career for 20 more years. 

Joan’s first husband of 26 years died in 2008. About a year after his death, Joan and John Lewis (an old high school classmate) became reacquainted. They were married on April 9, 2009 and Joan joined John at Westminster Canterbury.  John died March 8, 2017.  Joan later married another Westminster Canterbury resident, Robert Marshall. Unfortunately, Robert later died while living here.

Joan has one child from her first marriage and three step-children from her second marriage. She also has seven grandchildren.