A Kentucky couple has died from the coronavirus. Freda and John Woods died of COVID-19 just one day apart, Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday.Freda Woods, of Hopkins County, died Sunday of COVID-19, state health officials report. She was 85. Her husband of 63 years, John, died Monday, also from COVID-19. He was 90. Beshear shared the couple's story during his daily afternoon press briefing, reading a note from family members."I don’t want my Nana to just be a number in the count of lives lost in a global pandemic," a statement from the family reads. "My Nana was a wife, a mother, and a grandmother. She met my Grandpa while she was a carhop at a local restaurant. He was in town working on gas lines and happened to stop by to grab something to eat. He took a fancy to his carhop and ended up returning daily to eat. What was to be a casual date with a girl in a visiting town, turned into a lifelong commitment."Freda Woods lived in the Madisonville area most of her life. She was an active member of the TOPS organization. John Woods served as a drill sergeant in the United States Air Force. He retired from Atmos Energy after more than 40 years and was an umpire for the little league baseball games.

A Kentucky couple has died from the coronavirus.

Freda and John Woods died of COVID-19 just one day apart, Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday.


Freda Woods, of Hopkins County, died Sunday of COVID-19, state health officials report. She was 85. Her husband of 63 years, John, died Monday, also from COVID-19. He was 90.

Beshear shared the couple's story during his daily afternoon press briefing, reading a note from family members.

"I don’t want my Nana to just be a number in the count of lives lost in a global pandemic," a statement from the family reads. "My Nana was a wife, a mother, and a grandmother. She met my Grandpa while she was a carhop at a local restaurant. He was in town working on gas lines and happened to stop by to grab something to eat. He took a fancy to his carhop and ended up returning daily to eat. What was to be a casual date with a girl in a visiting town, turned into a lifelong commitment."

Freda Woods lived in the Madisonville area most of her life. She was an active member of the TOPS organization.

John Woods served as a drill sergeant in the United States Air Force. He retired from Atmos Energy after more than 40 years and was an umpire for the little league baseball games.