Background
Blake, Bennie Ruth was born on October 22, 1946 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Ben and Celestine (Martin) Brantley.
Blake, Bennie Ruth was born on October 22, 1946 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Ben and Celestine (Martin) Brantley.
Bachelor of science in nursing, Alverno College, 1982. Master of Science in Educational Leadership, Troy State University, 1993.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1982; advanced through grades to captain, United States Army, 1985; charge and staff nurse, Jefferson Davis Hospital, Houston, 1971-1975; operating room technician, United States Navy, 1975-1982; charge and staff nurse, Northwest General Hospital, Milwaukee, 1980-1982; staff nurse, United States of America MEDDAC, Fort Eustis, Virginia, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1982-1986; staff nurse, 97th General Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany, 1987-1989; supervisor, head nurse, USAAMC, Fort Rucker, Alabama, 1989-1990; head nurse, United States of America MedElement-Joint Task Force, Honduras, 1991; head nurse, 121 Evacuation Hospital, Seoul, 1991-1992; head nurse cysto/urology, Houston VA Medical Center, since 1993. Education coordinator United States Army, 1983-1992, infection coordinator, 1991. Instructor continuing education drug awareness, 1989, aseptic technique, 1990, perioperating nursing, 1990.
Organizer teens group Teens Effective Training, Daleville, Alabama, 1990. Officer-in-charge Camayagua (Honduras) Orphanage, 1991. Member health committee National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Houston, since 1993.
Major United States Army Reserve. Member Association Operating Room Nurses (parliamentarian 1988), Order Eastern Star (member-at-large).
Married Robert Louis Blake, September 1968 (divorced 1975).