Remembering and honoring the faces of COVID-19

TENNESSEE, USA — The numbers are both alarming to see and overwhelming to comprehend.

Deaths, hospitalizations and cases of COVID-19 are reported at the local, state and national levels.

Graphs and charts are starting to blur together, but behind each number is a human impacted by this virus.

As we continue to consume data, it's important to remember the people those numbers represent.

COVID-19 does not discriminate. It infects the very people who work to defend against it.

Doctors and nurses. Young and old.

Some struggle but make it through.

Others pass without the chance to say goodbye.

The faces of COVID-19 are not strangers.

They're mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, friends and neighbors, all worthy of the lives they're given.

Over the past 10 months, we've shared a lot of sad stories surrounding the virus: people died, lost their jobs, lost their loved ones.

But there are also stories of hope, survival and finding joy from the little things.

These stories aren't about numbers. They're about people.

There are so many more people we haven't highlighted, but we honor their struggles and keep their families in our thoughts.

Survivors

Becca and Scott Brooks

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Patrick Dalton

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Jim Froula 

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Kyle Hooker

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Dr. Arnold and Jeanie Hopland

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Alex Hyde

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Tonya Jones 

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Dr. Daniel Lewis

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Brady Livingston

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Robert Livingston

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Philip Nagy

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Micah Scheetz

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Smartt family

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Sandy Whited 

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In Memorium

Clarence Jackson Ballew

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Sandy Blankenship

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Mildred Bowlin 

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Don Crider

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Vanda Earles

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Joe Forgety

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Jackie Goins

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Joe Lenhard

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Mayor Glenn Moser

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Joyce Parker

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Oliver Clyde Roberts Jr.

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