Samuel James, Sr was born in Bristow, Virginia to the late Samuel James and Allie Ossie Moore-Holmes.
He attended Brown Elementary School and graduated from Jennie Dean (Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth). He made his living as a truck driver for over 50 years.
STAFFORD — Did you get a juror questionnaire in the mail this week? If so, you’re not alone.
Stafford County Circuit Court Clerk Kathy Sterne said she mailed 21,000 paper questionnaires to county residents. She’s on a mission to fill jury panels for trials slated to happen in 2020.
A week ago, a shoeless 26-year-old man easily made his way onto a school bus full of students, and later into Stafford High School where he was arrested.
Earlier this year, a student’s handgun went off inside C.D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge.
Join me during this National Craft Open Studios weekend, a celebration of Amrican craft organized by the American Craft Council (ACC). Come visit my studio July 18-19th, 11am-5pm at 10449 Metropolitan Ave, Kensington, MD. Please drop in, see how my work is created, tour my studio and try your hand at hammering some metal.
WARRENTON — Novant Health UVA Health System’s Prince William and Haymarket Medical Centers have been recognized by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.
Both medical centers received Gold Plus Quality Recognition in the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure.
MANASSAS PARK — Car decals are making a return to Manassas Park.
From the city:
WOODBRIDGE – (Press Release) OmniRide is partnering with Northern Virginia Community College to offer a bus pass exclusively for the students, faculty and staff of NOVA’s Woodbridge and Manassas campuses.
The OmniRide College Pass will enable students, faculty and staff to get unlimited rides on OmniRide Local, Cross County Connector and Metro Express buses for the fall 2019 semester for $80. The pass will be valid for travel from August 19 through December 31, 2019.
STAFFORD – (Press Release) The Stafford County School Board approved the following appointments on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, during a School Board meeting.
John Anderson, Executive Director of Facilities and Maintenance
LAKE RIDGE — A ribbon-cutting is planned for the new John D. Jenkins Elementary School.
The building is located off Prince William Parkway near the Chinn Regional Library in Lake Ridge.
Patricia Leone Groves Finkelstein, age 76 of Joplin, Missouri died on August 19, 2019. She was born on January 6, 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska to the late Raymond Groves and Leone Skorka Groves.
She was preceded in death by her husband David Finkelstein and is survived by her children Laurie Mitchell, Chris, Jeff and Todd Finkelstein; her brother Sunny Groves; her sister Karen Wiley and by 11 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
