Obituaries

Nina Virginia Good Laws, age 101, a resident of Caton Merchant House, Manassas, Va., passed away Wed. June 14, 2017. She was born in Swanton, Md., on March 9, 1916, the daughter of William Preston Good and Minnie Grandstaff Good. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 63 years H. Layton Laws, Sr.; two sisters; one brother; and two sons-in-law. She is survived by one son, H. Layton Laws, Jr. (Sue) of Manassas and one daughter, Carolyn M. Harman of Ellenton, Fla; two grandsons, H. Layton Laws III (Dawn) of Manassas and Troy Preston Laws (Tracey) of McLean; four great grandchildren, H. Layton Laws IV, Anna Virginia Laws, William Preston Laws, and Lauren Alexis Laws.

Nina was graduated from Nokesville High School in Nokesville, Va., and resided in Manassas for over 30 years. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, where she was a soloist and choir member. She was active in community affairs and events, performing annually in the Manassas Kiwanis Capers. She and her husband retired to Florida where they lived for over 30 years. At the death of her husband she moved back to Manassas to be near family.


Obituaries

ZACHARY HASSO WALES (Age 20)

Passed peacefully into Heaven on June 19, 2017. Zach was immensely overcome by grief after the loss of his brother Alexander on September 23, 2016 and to our very deepest sorrow, he ultimately succumbed to that grief. Both boys were diagnosed with Adrenoleukodystrophy.


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Obituaries

Erika Campbell was born February 17, 1939 in Usenborn Germany and died on June 25, 2017 in White Post, Virginia surrounded by her family. She is survived by 4 children – Linda, David, Jackie (Ken) and Thomas. She is also survived by 4 grandchildren Christiana (Kim), Joseph (Tara), Norman (Anna Belle) and Samantha (Matthew) and 10 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by 3 siblings – Irmgard, Hotwich and Ditmar and many nieces and nephews living in Germany. She was an avid and talented bowler and a member of the Woodbridge “Prime Timers League” and the team on which she played was the “Be Happy.” She was also an avid gardener a skill that she learned from her mother while living in Germany. She worked for decades at Dart Drug and Lowes. In Germany she attended University and earned her degree to teach Kindergarten. Once she retired she babysat at the St. Paul United Methodist church as longer as she was able.


News

From Manassas police: 

On June 26, 2017 at approximately 7:54 a.m., the Manassas City Police responded to Sheehy Nissan located at 9010 Liberia Avenue for a report of an armed robbery which just occurred.  The victim stated the offender entered the dealership wearing a mask, displayed a gun, and demanded money.  The suspect then fled the scene in an early model purple Honda Accord with an undisclosed amount of cash.  The offender is described as a Hispanic and was last seen wearing dark colored jeans.  The suspect vehicle was last seen driving north on Centreville Rd.  No injuries were reported during the incident.  Investigation is ongoing.