Alphonso Cox Obituary – Death, Cause Of Death, Funeral: “Manatee County Administration Bldg. in Florida had a recent coronavirus outbreak among unvaccinated employees. Several were hospitalized, Two died. A vaccinated person was spared. The dead are Mary Knight, 58, and Alphonso Cox, 53. Keep talking, Marge.”
Friends and other affected persons mourn the death of systems analyst Alphonso Cox, 53, who passed away on June 14, 2021 from COVID-19.
This death has caused a lot of friends and family of Cox so much hurt. It is in that mourning spirit that the concerned persons have taken to social media to share tributes to the deceased and condolences to the affected family.
Tributes To Alphonso Cox
Below are some of the statements shared across social media users’ timelines on the death of Cox.
Friends say Alphonso Cox was “a hero in every aspect of the meaning.” Mary Knight was described as “a force beyond compare.”
Both died from COVID-19 last week.
— Ryan Callihan (@RCCallihan) June 22, 2021
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The two IT employees who died last week were identified in local media and obituaries as Mary Knight, 58, and Alphonso Cox, 53.⁰Hopes said that the one IT employee, 23, exposed to the virus who was vaccinated did not get infected.
WP— Pjoyfarrar🌊🌊 (@farrarpjoy) June 22, 2021
🇺🇸 Alphonso Cox, 53, Manatee County IT specialist from Bradenton, Florida died from COVID on 6/14/21. He dedicated 20 years to mentoring children at the Manatee Mustang Sports Academy. Loved ones described him as a “hero in every aspect of the meaning” #SoulsLostToCovid pic.twitter.com/0UOUJKSKLp
— Cleavon MD (@Cleavon_MD) June 22, 2021
6 unvaccinated employees, 5 in IT Dept, tested positive for the virus in a 2-week period.
Two who died last week were identified as Mary Knight, 58, & Alphonso Cox, 53. The one IT employee, 23, exposed to the virus who was vaccinated did not get infected.
— Patrick Monaghan (@pkmonaghan) June 23, 2021
A second unvaccinated member of the IT department, 53-year-old systems analyst Alphonso Cox, also died last week after coming down with COVID. None of their vaccinated coworkers were affected at all, County Administrator Dr. Scott Hopes said in a..
— Ernst August (@EarnstAugust) June 23, 2021
The two unvaccinated employees who died were identified as Mary Knight and Alphonso Cox, who both worked in the IT department.
“We were just researching and trying to follow up about the vaccine, we just wasn’t ready yet,” Cox’s wife said.
— Michael Brown (@MJIBrown) June 24, 2021
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