Patricia Wood Holloway

Patricia Wood Holloway, 67, of Manassas, VA, died peacefully on September 9th, 2022 after a short hospital stay and a much longer battle with a rare type of cancer. Patti was born on June 28th, 1955 to Mary and Charles Wood in Manassas, VA, where she lived her entire life, except for a brief stint in Richmond, VA for college and countless vacations. She graduated from Osbourn High School in 1973 and earned her BSN from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1977. Two days after she turned 18, she married her middle/high school sweetheart, Michael Holloway, much to the consternation of both sets of parents involved. They eventually got over it. After completing her nursing degree, she returned to Manassas and began her career at Prince William Hospital. Shortly after their return to Manassas, she was extraordinarily blessed with two children, Greg and Lori, who required a great deal of time and energy from her, so much in fact, that she shifted her career from working in the hospital to being the nurse at Emmanuel Christian School, where they attended school, so as to keep a closer eye on them and to better “help” with their homework. Aside from all of the top-notch science fair projects, she must have really enjoyed her job though because she stayed there long after her children graduated, finally retiring in 2017. Once she finished that stage of her career, she was free to pursue her true passion and calling as the world’s best grandma and amateur travel agent. Patti loved travelling and seeing new places. She would gladly go anywhere a cruise ship would take her and she loved a nice resort near a shopping area. She loved the beach, tolerated the lake and Highlands, NC was her home away from home. She had a deep love for her church family and was always the first to volunteer to start a meal train or help out at a church event. She was always the first to arrive to set up and the last to leave once things were cleaned up and back in their proper place. She loved everyone and never met a stranger. As much as she loved a church potluck or a cruise ship formal night, nothing brought her as much joy as her grandkids. She loved them from the second she knew they were coming and she has and will always be their biggest fan. It was important to her that they know she supported them in everything that they did and she never wanted living at a distance to be an issue so. It was not unusual for her to drive three hours to see a soccer game in Lynchburg and then go three more to see a clarinet recital in Durham on the same day. She wanted to be there for everything, clapping quietly and politely from the stands, in true Holloway fashion. Her goal was to make sure the grandkids knew they were loved and she succeeded without a doubt. Patti was blessed with a large and close-knit family her whole life. She was predeceased by her parents, Mary and Charles Wood, her aunts and uncles, Bev and Joe Crowe, Edna and Neville Bryson, Vivien and Jim Phillips, Betty and Vic Wood, Juanita and CT Burnette, Catherine Jennings and Clarence Jennings, Jeanie and Charles Taylor, Larry Wood and Ray Wood, and her dear cousin, Neddy Bryson. She is survived by her treasured husband of nearly 50 years, Mike Holloway, her two children, Greg Holloway and Lori Knapton (spouse, Micah Knapton) and seven of the most wonderful grandkids in the world, Scout Knapton (16), Rowan Holloway (16), Sawyer Knapton (14), Blair Holloway (13), Alyssa Holloway (13), Major Knapton (12), and Shepard Knapton (7), and absolutely no pets of her own even though she was instrumental in getting a few for other people over the years. A viewing will be held at Pierce Funeral Home in Manassas, VA on Monday, 9/12/22 from 6-8pm and a funeral service will be held at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Manassas, VA on Tuesday, 9/13/22 at 12:30pm, with a graveside service to follow at Stonewall Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the food distribution ministry at Emmanuel Baptist Church, where she was an active member her entire life.

Patricia Wood Holloway

June 28, 1955 - September 9, 2022