Sister Bernadette Kenny, founder of the Health Wagon and advocate for Central Appalachia, dies at 85

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Sister Bernadette Kenny, founder of the Health Wagon and advocate for Central Appalachia, dies at 85

Whenever Sister Bernadette Kenny drove through Southwest Virginia, her car was easily recognizable by the message on the back window: Be healed. Affectionately known as “Sister Bernie,” Kenny possessed a remarkable gift for inspiring confidence in others, said Rachel Helton, who worked for four years as the development director at the Health Wagon, a nonprofit clinic that Kenny founded in Wise. Sister Bernadette Kenny. Courtesy of Dr. Joseph Smi…