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.
âWe have lost one of our ownâ: Florence school mourns teacher who died from COVID-19 complications
CDC recommends masks in public settings By Brad Dickerson | January 19, 2021 at 3:32 PM EST - Updated January 19 at 4:46 PM
FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) â A Florence school is mourning the loss of one of its teachers due to complications from COVID-19.
On Jan. 18, Marlene Evans passed away after battling the disease since early December, according to a statement from the board of directors for the Virtus Academy in Florence.
âIt is with heavy hearts that the Virtus Academy Board of Directors must inform the Virtus family that we have lost one of our own,â the board said.