Sandy and Freddie Lee Brown Jr. (Facebook photo)
Sandy Brown and husband Freddie Lee Brown Jr. (Photo: Facebook)
There's no shortage of sad coronavirus stories.
In Michigan, Sandy Brown of Grand Blanc, a suburb of Flint, lost her her husband and son -- Freddie Lee Brown Jr., 59, and Freddie Lee Brown III, 20 -- within three days late last month, Francis X. Donnelly of The Detroit News reports.
"There’s not even a word created to describe my pain. It’s unimaginable,” the real estate agent tells the reporter. She had been married 35 years.
Donnelly describes Brown's only child's final moments March 29:
Sandy Brown tried to calm her son, Freddie, alone and scared in a hospital intensive care unit. His father had died a few days earlier. Freddie, just 20, was worried he would die, too.
Talking on FaceTime throughout the night, Sandy recited Scripture and tried to slow his breathing. She sang spiritual songs to coax him to sleep, like a mom singing lullabies to her baby. One day later, Freddie died.
He dreamed of playing football at Michigan State this fall as a walk-on.
