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COVID-19 Death of ‘Well-Loved’ Texas Pastor Shows Coronavirus Spread to Rural Areas

August 6, 2020 by Staff

(RNS) A small United Methodist church in Texas is “absolutely heartbroken” after losing its pastor to COVID-19 as the pandemic spreads to rural areas of the country previously spared by the virus, according to its district superintendent.

The Rev. Tom Wood, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Itasca, Texas, died July 29, according to his obituary posted on the church Facebook page. He was 83.

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