Ex-fire chief, 72, his daughter, 47, and son, 52, ALL die of COVID-19 within days of each other after he refused the vaccine because he was hesitant
Thaddeus Valentine Sr, 72, his 52-year-old son, Thaddeus Valentine Jr, and his daughter, Ta Mara Davis, 47, succumbed to the virus days apart in Louisiana
Valentine Sr served as chief of the Herbert Wallace Volunteers Fire Department for nearly 20 years
For seven years, Valentine Sr served as the board president of InclusiveCare, a health care provider in Avondale, Louisiana
Valentine Sr led heath center s efforts to make COVID testing and vaccinations available to patients, but he balked at getting jab himself