Editor's note: An earlier version of this story misidentified Emma Gresham.
Zadel Dukes was a miraculous person who defied science, served many young people and loved her church.
She lived with a ruptured aorta for two years before passing away at University Hospital May 4 at the age of 83, said her niece, Lola Russell.
Dukes was born in Millen, Ga., on Aug. 13, 1929, the eldest of Paul and Julia Jones’ five daughters.
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