Ocala school administrator urges masks after wife dies of COVID-19
Ocala school administrator urges masks after wife dies of COVID-19 The words provoke raw emotions in Scott Carpenter, the assistant director of Marion Technical College, who lost his wife to COVID-19 a month ago. Carpenter, 57, wears his face covering in public when he can’t socially distance. He does it out of respect and to protect others. After all, he saw firsthand the awful consequences of a family member contracting COVID-19. But while he is out and about in Marion County, anti-maskers will look at him and say those words that hurts him so deeply: “You’re one of them.”