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Published December 03, 2005 12:20 pm - Stevie and Sandra Leavell are glad to be in Kentucky. Hurricane victims now training for nursing jobs to help others By GINA KINSLOW Glasgow Daily Times GLASGOW —
Stevie and Sandra Leavell are glad to be in Kentucky. The couple recently relocated to Fountain Run after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. The Leavells lived in Mississippi, but were working in New Orleans when they learned the hurricane was headed in their direction. They decided to head home, but the storm caught up with them. High winds ranging from 165 to 175 mph were causing the Seven Mile Bridge on Interstate 10 to sway. The couple drove across the bridge in the blinding rain and wind, and shortly after crossing it a section of the bridge collapsed. “That was so scary,” Sandra said. “You couldn’t even see the person in front of you.” The Leavells lost everything to the hurricane. They lived in a shelter for five days before a group of people from south central Kentucky and northern Tennessee came to their aid. The group, which was composed of people from various churches in the Lafayette, Tenn. area, traveled to Mississippi and brought several hurricane victims back with them. When Jeff and Melinda Downing of Fountain Run learned hurricane victims would be coming to the area, they, too, decided they also wanted to help and agreed to donate housing. “Jeff had just decided that we had a house empty and he had heard them talking about it on the radio, so he called my friend, who is a preacher in Lafayette, about the house and asked if they wanted to stay there,” she said. Among the 12 families who came back with the church group were the Leavells, who accepted the Downing’s offer and moved to Fountain Run. It didn’t take them long to decide they wanted to make south central Kentucky their new home. “I love it here,” Sandra said. “It’s so beautiful.” Shortly after arriving in south central Kentucky, the Leavells, who are in their early 40s, began looking for work in the Allen County area, as well as in Franklin and Bowling Green. Stevie had worked in construction and Sandra had sat with the elderly before the hurricane, but after witnessing Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath they’ve decided to seek medical careers. 
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