Kay Lovick is finally home.
She and her husband, Cliff Lovick, were separated for the first time in their almost 46 years of marriage when Kay was admitted to the hospital Feb. 4 after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Cliff came down with it too, though his infection was less severe. No one knows how the couple contracted the virus.
But on Tuesday, Kay s fight paid off, and the staff at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center rolled her out of the hospital and into her husband s arms. It was heaven, Kay said Thursday afternoon. It was just heaven.
The couple met in their 10th-grade biology class at Cape Fear Valley High School in 1973. They started dating when the school year ended and got married in 1975. From their union came two daughters: Jasie Landeros and Rita Parrish.
Editor s note: This story has been updated to reflect George Douglas correct age.
A Fayetteville man was killed and a woman critically injured in a head-on collision Monday on Ramsey Street.
George Douglas, 69, of Andover Road, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:57 p.m. wreck near Currin Street.
According to State Highway Patrol Sgt. Kathryn McVicker, Douglas was southbound on Ramsey Street in a 2001 Ford pickup when his truck collided with a northbound 2013 Honda van driven by Shirley Barath, 36. Both vehicles were estimated to be traveling the speed limit of 55 mph, McVicker said.
Barath, of Whispering Pines Road, suffered serious injuries and was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
Cliff Lovick doesn t remember much of what his teacher said in 10th-grade biology class at Cape Fear High School in 1973. After all, there were more important things to pay attention to, like Kay Adcox’s jet black ponytail.
As she sat in the desk in front of him, it hung down her back past her shoulders, tied up with a ribbon. As any high school boy with a crush would do, Lovick always untied the bow. Adcox always tied it back up over, and over, and over.
“I could tell you every move she made,” Lovick, now 64, said Thursday. “Not what the teacher was saying but every move that Kay was doing, yeah.
With 95 percent of hospitals reporting, COVID-19 hospitalizations are down 101 to 1,989. This is the first time hospitalizations have been below 2,000 since late November.
With 95 percent of hospitals reporting, COVID-19 hospitalizations are down 101 to 1,989. This is the first time hospitalizations have been below 2,000 since late November.