Two educators in Rutherford County Schools have died from COVID-19 over the system’s fall break.
Lives Lost In The Pandemic: A Hispanic Church In Nolensville Loses Its ‘Moses’
A Hispanic church in Nolensville is grieving the loss of their charismatic founder who died of COVID at age 57 a month ago. As part of our series on Lives Lost in the Pandemic, WPLN’s Blake Farmer has this remembrance.
Lives Lost In The Pandemic: Mourning A Sister While Celebrating Vaccination
A woman from Watertown receives her COVID-19 vaccine just days after losing a beloved sister.
Lives Lost In The Pandemic: A Murfreesboro Teaching Aide Lived For Her Students
Susan Keener wasn’t so worried about her own health when Rutherford County resumed in-person schooling. Her daughters say she was far more concerned about her special education students who’d gone months without being in class. Then after a few weeks back, she fell ill with COVID-19.
Lives Lost In The Pandemic: Clarksville’s Dana Vega Treated Her Nursing Home Patients Like Family
Dana Vega of Clarksville was a certified nursing assistant when she died of COVID-19 at age 49. Her daughter, Julia Vega, tells NPR’s Morning Edition she treated residents at Spring Meadows Nursing Home like family.
A Nashville COVID Death Shows Many Uninsured Patients Don’t Know Their Care Should Be Free
When Darius Settles died from COVID-19 on the Fourth of July, his family and the city of Nashville were shocked. A WPLN News investigation into his death finds that uninsured COVID-19 patients are rarely being told that cost shouldn’t be a concern.
Lives Lost In The Pandemic: Frank Rummo Died Far From Home, But Close To His Adopted Home Team
Frank Rummo came from a hockey-loving, Italian family in Massachusetts. So of course, he was a Boston Bruins fan. His allegiance changed when his son signed on as a team doctor for the Nashville Predators. Rummo is one of the lives lost to the pandemic in Middle Tennessee, which WPLN News has been memorializing.
A Nashville COVID-19 Victim Remembered As ‘A Blessed Guy’
Family members of Travis Dillard say he loved making money. But he also felt called to use it taking care of others. Dillard died of complications of COVID-19 April 7, and a story has been on his nephew’s mind ever since then.
Lives Lost In The Pandemic: Betty Jo Dove, The Gallatin Grandmother ‘With 9-Plus Lives’
As of mid-April, at least 135 Tennesseans have died of COVID-19. And for most, a funeral is not an option. So WPLN News is launching a project to remember the lives lost during this pandemic. Betty Jo Dove, of Gallatin, died April 8.
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