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Jim Applegate, 54, pastor for 21 years of Westview Christian Church in Campbellsburg, Ind., died of COVID-19 on Dec. 20, followed by virus-related deaths of his mother (12 hours later), and his sister (on Christmas Eve). “The thing that’s keeping me going is . . . hope in Jesus because I know where they’re at,” Nicholas Applegate, the pastor’s son and WCC’s youth pastor, told WHAS11.com. “The first few weeks in December our community had seen a lot of COVID cases, especially her...

The virus took the pastor's mother's life, Pat Applegate, 12 hours after his death. On Christmas Eve, the pastor's sister MaryJane Applegate died from COVID-19.

COVID Kills Indiana Pastor, Mother and Sister in a Single Week On 12/29/20 at 2:08 PM EST The family of an Indiana pastor is mourning this holiday season after he and two other close family members died of COVID-19 in the days leading up to Christmas. Pastor Jim Applegate, 54, led the Westview Christian Church in Campbellsburg for more than 20 years and was the first family member to die, on December 20, after being infected with the coronavirus. Just 12 hours later, his mother, Pat Applegate, ...