Jackson County fire chief dies from COVID
The COVID-19 death count in Jackson County nearly doubled over the holiday season, increasing from 10 as of Nov. 25 to 18 as of Jan. 4. One of the lives lost was that of 66-year-old Darrell Woodard, a fixture in the community who led the Savannah Fire Department as chief for 36 years.
After he passed away Dec. 29, family members created a Facebook group in his memory, and it has since filled with posts remembering him as kind, courageous, family-oriented and humor-loving, written by friends and loved ones full of disbelief that he could be gone so soon.