VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A Volusia County family is mourning Monday after a brother and sister died of COVID-19, the sheriff said.
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said paramedic Gerald “Jerry” Jones and his sister, Shyla Pennington, a teaching assistant, recently died.
“Volusia County just lost two public servants, and a family lost two of their loved ones, to COVID-19,” Chitwood wrote on Facebook.
According to the Volusia County School District, Pennington taught students with special needs for the last 18 years in several schools.
“We really do not believe she contracted this at a school or at a school site or school function,” said Carl Persis, Volusia County School Board Chair.