CLAYTON, N.C. (WTVD) Parishioners at St. Ann Catholic Church in Clayton have been paying their respects to Father Hector Rangel Galvan, who died from COVID-19 complications.
Parishioners have been going to the Parish Center for visitation at all hours since Monday. They have to register because of COVID-19 protocols. Galvan s funeral Mass will be held Tuesday evening at the church. It s sad, parishioner Adan Duran said. It does help you to wake up that the epidemic, it is real.
The priest from Mexico was popular, especially among Latino parishioners who attended his Spanish masses. We have a big Hispanic community here, Duran said. The way he preached, it was really authentic. It was really down to Earth, and you could really understand what he was trying to say.