Widow warns about possible scam after stranger requests her husband's death certificate Jacque Woodward br and last updated 2021-04-20 16:17:30-04 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â A grieving widow said a stranger requested her husbandâs death certificate, and she believes a scammer was trying to get up to $9,000 from FEMA in COVID-19 funeral assistance money. Gary Woodward was a charge nurse at Ascension Saint Thomas West Hospital, and he died from COVID-19. His story was shared across the country, and his wife Jacque Woodward, wanted the community to remember his sacrifice. Woodward said, "Itâs almost been 5 months, and itâs still hard for us, we try to do everything we can to remember him, in so many ways, and move forward, and then you have something like this... itâs terrible."