 Hensley met Inez Hutcheson , a widow with ten children , in 1946 while performing a service in Soddy @-@ Daisy , Tennessee . After Hensley spoke with her , she accepted the doctrine of snake handling . He soon proposed marriage , which she accepted . They lived in the Soddy @-@ Daisy area for several months . Although he had hoped that she would travel with him and read Bible passages during his services , she left him after less than a year of marriage , and their union was soon dissolved . In 1951 , Hensley married Sally Norman in Chattanooga . After their marriage , she traveled with him as he ministered in Tennessee and Kentucky . 
