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Snake-handling faith lives on in Southern churches
Alfred Parsons, 32, a Georgia carpenter, died after a rattlesnake bite in a late summer service. The practice persists in Appalachia and the Southern backwoods with churches operating discreetly, some under legal bans in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
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Atlanta, Ga
Alfred Parsons
Georgia
Parsons
Appalachia
Weston la Barre
Duke University
Steven Kane
Boston
University of North Carolina
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennessee
Salvation
St. Mark
Kane
Grasshopper Valley
Tenn
George W.hensley
West Virginia
Wade
Virginia
Alabama
Carolinas
Bartow County
Southern States