Nikki Haley says her sister-in-law died of COVID-19
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley says her sister-in-legislation has died after contracting the coronavirus.
Haley tweeted Tuesday night that Rhonda Lee Nelson, sister of her husband Michael, “passed the day before Thanksgiving of Covid.”
according to an internet obituary, Nelson, 53, lived in West Milton, Ohio, and died Nov. 25. She was remembered as a singer and piano musician who “ministered to many interior and out of doors of the church.”
in line with Nelson’s obituary, Tuesday’s memorial provider become held at the Shepherd’s box Christian Church in Potsdam, Ohio.
Haley — the governor of South Carolina in late 2016 when President Donald Trump selected her as ambassador to the United countries – offered no further details on Nelson’s dying, which got here as coronavirus numbers rise throughout the nation and in states together with Ohio. in response to an associated Press analysis of records offered by means of The COVID tracking project, the seven-day rolling regular of daily new instances in Ohio has risen over the last two weeks from 7,618 on Nov. 22 to eight,656 on Dec. 6.
One in every 193 individuals in Ohio proven fine for the virus in the past week.
Nelson’s obituary thanked her huge assist community of family and pals “who’ve all confirmed their love for her through the years and even stronger via her last days.” In her tweet, Haley stated her sister-in-law “cherished God, her family unit & all who knew her. She might be missed.”
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