âProfoundly sadâ: Mother and daughter die of COVID-19 less than a week apart in same hospital By Catherine Park Mother, daughter die days apart of COVID-19 A Florida mother and daughter both died of COVID-19 in the same hospital less than a week apart. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Florida woman died after contracting COVID-19 less than a week after her own mother also died of the same illness. Julie Foshee-Knowell, 44, was the preschool director at Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Fla. where she worked alongside her mother, Marilyn Foshee, 81. Trinity is both a church, college a...