A 44-year-old Sunday School teacher from
a Texas church has died of coronavirus.
Adolph (T.J.) Mendez was a married father
of six children, and was described as in
perfect health, but sadly died just two days
after testing positive for coronavirus.
Mendez passed away at Ascension Seton
Medical Center last week despite having no
pre-existing health conditions or health
complications. He taught Sunday School to
kindergarten age children at Oakwood
Church in New Braunfels.
The Sunday School teacher’s wife, Angela
Mendez has said, “You hear that the people
who die are older or have previous health
conditions but he was neither and the virus
took him down hard.”
She added, “It can happen to anyone, it’s
not just a story that happens to people
across the world. It’s here and it’s real and
it can kill anyone, just like it did my
husband.”
The victim’s daughter, Brenda Johnson,
described her father: “He was kind. He was
patient. He cared about others. He loved
his family so much. He was very involved
in our community and our church.”
Oakwood Church’s Pastor Ray Still has
released a statement saying, “He was a
fine Christian man who was faithful to
serve his God and he had a wonderful and
supportive family.”
He added, “He was healthy and strong, and
in no fault of his own, was stricken with
this dreadful virus. His passing should be
sobering to all, that this pandemic must be
taken seriously. God the giver of all good
things, has given us a brain and we should
use it for the benefit of our family and our
communities. Follow what our officials
have asked of us and we will endure with
God’s help.”
As of Monday 30 March, the United States
now has the most confirmed cases of
coronavirus around the world, with around
140,000 testing positive, and more than
2,400 deaths due to COVID-19. Although
each country’s statistics of confirmed
cases can be greatly skewed depending on
testing capacity and testing strategy from
nation to nation.
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