Mayhayley lancaster stories with morals and ethics

Mayhayley Lancaster, the self-proclaimed Oracle of the Ages, remains the most famous woman from Heard County, and one of the most famous from West Georgia, even 68 years after her death. While she is most known for her psychic abilities and involvement in the trial of John Wallace, she wore other hats. Lancaster was a trailblazer. She was an independently wealthy woman who was as likely to dress in ball gowns as burlap sacks.

She practiced law and ran for the state legislature twice after women were given the right to vote. She treated African American and Caucasian clients the same, despite complaints from wealthy, white patrons. To me, Lancaster was an urban legend. But the psychic never captured my interest until recently. I interviewed others who shared my interests.

I discovered that my own family had stories. Lancaster predicted that Miss Margaret would marry twice and have three children. She got the latter part right.

“Ain't No Grave” begins as a heartwarming tale of forbidden love between the son of a Jewish shop owner and daughter of a Black sharecropper.

The friend hit a deer after the first visit, almost hit a cow after the second, and a dog ran out of the woods at them as they got into the car after the third visit. She read law books and fashion magazines. She advocated for the rights of women and the poor, and she farmed cotton and corn. She was the richest independent woman in West Georgia, but she lived in a delipidated home on a dirt road.