A Florida mother died this week from COVID-19, less than a month after her 19-year-old son was also claimed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, officials said Tuesday.
The deaths of Jacqueline and Jordan Byrd have taken a particularly heavy toll on employees at Fort Braden School, about 15 miles west of the state capital Tallahassee, Leon Peter School spokesman Chris Petley told NBC News.
Jordan Byrd was a part-time caregiver on the grade K-8 campus and Jacqueline Byrd, 55, had once been employed at the same school, according to Petley.
Jacqueline Byrd died on Monday and her son on July 19th.
“To my heart I will definitely miss you‼ ️ You and Jordan Byrd have both left me,” brother and son Jacary Byrd wrote Monday on Facebook. “I know you both have a good time in the Lord. Mom, I will definitely miss you.”
One week after Jordan Byrd’s death, his girlfriend’s mother also lost her life to COVID-19. Karen Bradwell, 53, was the director of aftercare programs at Fort Braden School.
“This just shows how this is spreading in our community,” Petley said.
Mohammed Syed contributed.
