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9/6/10 | 5 comments | 731 views

She was a ‘hex’ remover

Medicine woman built her wealth battling ‘curses’

By Deangelo McDaniel
Staff Writer

In the winter of 1954, a letter from Cleveland, Ohio, arrived at Daisy Nolan’s Northwest Decatur home. A man wrote that he had been ill since 1947 and the doctors had been unable to cure his … More »

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On 9/6/10 at 06:03 AM, WAYNE from wrote:

Hmm,high charging doctors to day don't have all the answers either

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On 9/6/10 at 06:55 AM, Ben from wrote:

Very, very interesting. I had never heard of her. Thank you, Dee and John, for retrieving and recording this lost Decatur history.

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On 9/6/10 at 09:48 AM, Joe from wrote:

We don't look to people but to God and the Bible.

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On 9/6/10 at 11:45 AM, AngieK from wrote:

I love reading about Decatur's history-thank you for a great, well written story about an interesting lady!

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On 9/7/10 at 11:42 AM, DecaturResident from wrote:

Interesting article. I hope we see more of this in the Daily.

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