Brenda Blevins:  

After grad. from RVHS '82, went to Radford Univ., played on volleyball team, did workstudy there, worked at RVHS during summers (from my Soph. yr. until Sr. yr at RV until my Jr. yr. at RU)and anything else to get through school. Grad. in '86 with BS degree in Phy. Educ, Health Educ. and Driver Educ. Taught in Russell County school system for 19 yrs. 3 at Lebanon Middle and Lebanon High (where I coached - BB, VB and Track)my name was B. Blevins then, and 16 yrs. at Castlewood High (I coached VB for 12 yrs.) Married,name was B. Johnston,or "Ms. J" as some of my students liked to call me. (That was the nice name that I was called, sure there were lots of other names that I would rather not know about!~!~!!) I have two sons, Corey who's 16 yr. old and Gabe who's 12!! Started having major medical problems in 2002, had my colon removed. Close to dying from the leakage into my body. Reconstructive surgery at Vanderbilt Univ. Med Center in '02 and '03. In Feb. of 2005, found out that I have Multiple Sclerosis/MS. Totally has changed my life and the way that I had always lived. Would get fatigued and dehydrated from the 2 conditions. Found out what the really important t...Expand for more