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They called her Miss L. Always smiling, soft-spoken, caring.
Anna LeCoq was a special education teacher at West View Elementary in Spartanburg and died after a car accident in Woodruff Friday.
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She was 27.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol said she was in the back seat of a 2024 Toyota sedan at 8:25 p.m. Friday on Aiken Road in Woodruff when the car ran off the side of Aiken Road in Woodruff and overturned several times.
LeCoq died in the emergency room at the Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said.
The Highway Patrol did not respond to a request for more information on how the accident occurred and who else was in the car. Their news release said the investigation is ongoing.
The coroner said his office will perform a forensic exam.
A 2022 summa cum laude graduate of the University of South Carolina – Upstate, she had just recently completed her fifth year teaching.
She was so connected to her students that for her graduation photos, she wore a dress decorated by those she taught as a student teacher, her mother Monique LeCoq said on Facebook.
“Anna, you are good, courageous, kind, loving, caring, determined, brave, and thoughtful — all of these qualities are blessings that will make you a wonderful Special Education teacher!” LeCoq said.
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Parents and co-workers at West View said that is her legacy.
“The kindest, most loving sou l… she will be so incredibly missed,” one parent said on Facebook.
Her aunt, Antoinette Osswald said, “She made the most out of the “dash” between when she was born to her death.”
She lived life to the fullest, Osswald said.
They traveled regularly.
Ireland, Nashville, Edisto Beach, Biltmore House, New York City, you name it. Toby Keith’s celebration of life. They got a selfie with country singer Craig Campbell as he performed.
Let’s go was their favorite phrase.
“As a resource teacher at West View Elementary School, she touched so many lives,” Spartanburg District 6 officials said in a statement. “It was evident that teaching and supporting students was more than just her job, it was clearly her calling.” They described her as kind, patient, and dedicated.
“Although we are heartbroken, we are so grateful for the privilege of having known Anna,” the district said. “Her caring heart and commitment to children will never be forgotten.”
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