Sandy Brown lost both her husband of 35 years and only child to battles with coronavirus just days apart
By Matthew Allen — April 11, 2020
While coronavirus has brought tragedy to many American households, the virus has an insurmountable toll on one Michigan woman after the disease claimed her entire family. Sandy Brown, a resident of a Flint suburb, lost her husband, Freddie Lee Brown, Jr., and their only son, Freddie Brown III, to COVID-19 just days apart from one another, according to The Detroit News.
The elder Freddie was 59 years old when he succumbed to coronavirus complications on March 26. The younger Freddie was only 20 when he passed away on March 29.
“There’s not even a word created to describe my pain. It’s unimaginable,” Sandy Brown told the newspaper. The father and son both had underlying conditions that made them vulnerable to the virus. The senior Freddie, whose lungs collapsed prior to his death, had a kidney transplant in 2012. The younger Freddie had asthma. The couple had been married for 35 years. Freddie Brown, Jr., was a church elder of the Church of God and Christ and retired produce clerk at a grocery store. Freddie Brown III was attending Mott Community College and had plans to walk on the Michigan State University football team.