TUESDAY December 29, 2020: 'COVID-19 Heartbreaker: ONE Family, TWO Weeks, THREE LOST!' from ZUMA Press award winning newspaper The Tamps Bay Times: Times Deputy Editor of Photography Boyzell Hosey developed Covid-19 symptoms, then watched his world shatter. The family took their seats under the green cemetery tent and passed hand sanitizer row to row. Yes, Lord, my life is yours drifted from the speakers. Boyzell Hosey prayed in front, facing the bone-white casket and the empty space beside it. A man from the funeral home passed out two memorial cards. In Loving Memory: Amos Hosey. Forever in our hearts: Roy Hosey. Welcome to: 'COVID-19 Heartbreaker: ONE Family, TWO Weeks, THREE LOST!'
© zReportage.com Story of the Week #768: TUESDAY December 29, 2020: 'COVID-19 Heartbreaker: ONE Family, TWO Weeks, THREE LOST!' from ZUMA Press award winning newspaper The Tamps Bay Times: Times Deputy Editor of Photography Boyzell Hosey developed Covid-19 symptoms, then watched his world shatter. The family took their seats under the green cemetery tent and passed hand sanitizer row to row. Yes, Lord, my life is yours drifted from the speakers. Boyzell Hosey prayed in front, facing the bone-white casket and the empty space beside it. A man from the funeral home passed out two memorial cards. In Loving Memory: Amos Hosey. Forever in our hearts: Roy Hosey. Welcome to: 'COVID-19 Heartbreaker: ONE Family, TWO Weeks, THREE LOST!'

A photograph of Amos Hosey as a young man is seen next to his casket during a dual service at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in St. Petersburg, for Amos Hosey (December 17, 1926 - November 5, 2020) and his son Roy Hosey (December 1, 1952 - November 15, 2020).
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ANDRIDA HOSEY dances graveside during the opening of a dual service at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in St. Petersburg, for her father-in-law Amos Hosey (December 17, 1926 - November 5, 2020) and his son Roy Hosey (December 1, 1952 - November 15, 2020).
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BOYZELL HOSEY says goodbye with a single rose at the conclusion of a dual service at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in St. Petersburg, for his father Amos Hosey (December 17, 1926 - November 5, 2020) and his brother Roy Hosey (December 1, 1952 - November 15, 2020).
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The Hosey's from left: ROY, AMOS and KIASHI, enjoy a lighthearted moment during Father's Day 2020.
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Father and son, AMOS and BOYZELL HOSEY show off their fresh haircuts after visiting their favorite barber at Sports Cuts. Amos had been asking about getting a haircut for several weeks prior. On the way to the barbershop, Boyzell stopped by the new St.Petersburg Pier for Amos to see for the first time, but he refused to get out of the car and said 'I don't think this is the barbershop.'
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Andrida's Hosey's brother BOB MCCALL JR. poses in front of his custom made Steeler Tiki poll at his home in Charlotte, NC. Bob, and avid Steeler's fan passed away of complications from Covid-19 on November 15.
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Detail of a walking stick carved by Roy Hosey, taken during a dual service at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in St. Petersburg, for Amos Hosey (December 17, 1926 - November 5, 2020) and his son Roy Hosey (December 1, 1952 - November 15, 2020).
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The Hosey family from left: KIASHI, ANDRIDA and BOYZELL pose in front of a memorial blanket bearing the image of Andrida's brother Bob McCall Jr. at his memorial service in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bob passed away of complications from Covid-19 on November 14.
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ANDRIDA and BOYZELL HOSEY walk back from a spiritual sunrise meditation at the St. Pete Pier.
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BOYZELL HOSEY comforts his wife, ANDRIDA HOSEY, as she shares a dream she had about her brother, Bob McCall, who recently passed away from COVID. 'I told myself I was not going to cry today,' she said. The couple begins their day together with a sunrise devotional meditation.
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