Jacksonville doctor who led charge to fight COVID-19 pandemic in northeast Florida will be laid to rest Saturday

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Dr. Leon Haley Junior is being remembered successful his location town

UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – UF Health Jacksonville CEO, Doctor Leon Haley Junior died past Saturday aft crashing a question runner successful Palm Beach County.

Dr. Haley’s ceremonial volition beryllium successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, wherever he’s from.

Dr. Leon Haley Jr. and family. (Lisa Huff)

The ceremonial starts astatine 11 Saturday morning. The ceremonial location is live-streaming his service.

A wide scope of city leaders and colleagues are mourning Doctor Haley’s death. UF Health Jacksonville plans to clasp a memorial lawsuit for him astatine immoderate constituent adjacent week to grant his life.

Those remembering Dr. Haley accidental his scope stretched beyond the aesculapian field, which made him special.

Jeanne Miller, from Jacksonville Civic Council, says helium was a hard worker, “He led the mode successful moving with our African American members to make an inaugural that would truly rise consciousness and assistance amended members but besides instrumentality connected hard societal justness issues successful the community.”

You tin perceive much astir Dr. Haley’s bequest Sunday greeting astatine 9 a.m. connected “This Week successful Jacksonville.”