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Capital city joins nation in remembering COVID-19 victims
Montgomery participates in national COVID-19 memorial By Courtney Chandler | January 20, 2021 at 5:54 AM CST - Updated January 20 at 5:55 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery joined the nation Tuesday night to remember the victims of COVID-19.
On Tuesday, the Court Street Fountain, the Riverwalk Tunnel, and city hall displayed amber lights as a token to the lives lost.
Loss is something the Thomas’ siblings know too well. Jerald and Jonesha lost both of their parents to COVID-19 two weeks apart from each other.
“We’re truly grateful and thankful for the city of Montgomery just to do something like that because a lot of people, not only just our parents, have lost love ones through this pandemic,” Jerald Thomas said.
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A graveside service was held for an Alabama pastor who served his congregation for more than 40 years before he died from COVID-19, and his wife, who had succumbed to the novel coronavirus two weeks earlier.
The Coosada Church of Christ posted a video of the service that was held Saturday at Elizabeth Baptist Church in Mathews, Alabama, where John Thomas, who was the pastor of the church for 41 years, and his wife, Joann, had been laid to rest.
Pastor Thomas died on Dec. 26, a fortnight after his wife, Joann, died, WSFA12 News reported. They were married for 52 years.