Beloved kindergarten teacher dies after contracting COVID, South Carolina school says Simone Jasper, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Jan. 20 A South Carolina woman retired from a decades-long teaching career before her passion for helping children learn brought her back to the classroom. She loved helping people so I think that s why she was such a good teacher and friend, said Melissa Nettles, according to WMBF. She would do whatever it took to help a child learn or feel included.
Nettles sister-in-law, Marlene Evans, was almost three years into her new teaching job when she contracted COVID-19 in December. She died on Monday at age 59, according to her obituary and Virtus Academy.