Christy Elaine Brown passed away peacefully on Thursday January 16, 2014.
She is survived by her husband, Kevin Dewayne Brown, two children Kendall Marie and Cameron Isiaih, four siblings Rebecca Carr (Lee), Deborah Carr (Taft), Donald Carr II (Amanda) and Jerrod Carr (Rhonda) and a host of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.
Full Name Coleen Julia Brackett
Date of Birth Tuesday, November 28th, 1961
Cleon “Clink” A. Cole Sr., 83, of Catlett, VA passed away peacefully on January 14, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. Clink was born July 12, 1930 in Vermont, son of Evelyn Cole. He enjoyed fishing, riding his motorcycle, going to yard sales, traveling, camping and skating. In 1955, he met Florence Elizabeth Cohen at a roller skating rink and they were married 6 months later on November 7, 1955 at a Baptist Church in MD. Together they have lived in Alexandria, Arlington, Manassas Park, and Manassas and settled in Catlett, VA.
Clink was in the Army for 4 years. After he got out of the Army he worked for Perrin and Martin Sheet Metal then continued working with sheet metal with VA Heating and Air, Hensley and Associates and TLC Heating and Air. Clink was a loving and dedicated husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He loved being around his family and his puppies; he always had a puppy in his arms. His sense of humor will long be remembered.
Update
All Stafford County Public Schools will be closed today. Employees will be on code 2. Liberal leave is in effect. Administrative offices will open at 10 a.m.
Local school systems
Updated: Stafford County
A woman faces charges after a police officer was struck in the face at a Wegmans grocery store in Woodbridge.
More in an unedited press release:
A church congregation will move from Stafford County to Dumfries, and it will worship inside of a commercial building.
The Dumfries Town Council approved a conditional use permit, or CUP, for the Grass Roots Christian Fellowship church who will become the newest tenant of the Elwey Center building on U.S. 1. The special permit was required because, prior to the Council’s vote, the building was zoned for business use only.
The Stafford County School Board has released their meeting and activity schedules for the month of February.
There are two expected meetings with the School Board for February, as well as several Advisory Committee meetings.
Update
Someone inside the school pulled a fire alarm prompting the fire and rescue response, said Prince William fire and rescue spokesman Curt Brodie.
Willie J. Toney announced this past weekend that he will seek the mayor’s chair on the Dumfries Town Council.
Toney, a Democrat, currently serves as the town’s Vice Mayor and is looking to unseat the man he sits next to on the council dais, Republican Mayor Jerry Foreman, who is also seeking reelection.
