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Tucker was known as a “circuit rider,” hopping between several clinics across Mississippi and Alabama.

Ann Tapscott, the great-great-great granddaughter of the Rev. Peter Cartwright, the evangelist and Methodist circuit rider, lamented the loss of small congregations, like New Salem.

“The circuit rider in a lot of ways was lost,” Jason Felici said.

Circuit rider ministers, who arrived by horseback, led the outdoor services.

She is a chief circuit rider for liberty, spending more than 260 days a year preaching against federal government overreach.