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Memories flood back for members as old Woodlawn Baptist faces demolition, redevelopment

Easter Sunday 1994 at Woodlawn Baptist Church in Gainesville. Jerry Dodd takes a photo of the family outside. The Back row from left are Kyle Adams, Steven Adams, Joanna Adams. Front row from left are Cody Dodd, Kristin Bennett and Brittany Shaffer. Photo Courtesy Brittany Shaffer

02262022 CHURCH 2.jpg — Easter Sunday 1994 at Woodlawn Baptist Church in Gainesville. Jerry Dodd takes a photo of the family outside. The Back row from left are Kyle Adams, Steven Adams, Joanna Adams. Front row from left are Cody Dodd, Kristin Bennett and Brittany Shaffer. Photo Courtesy Brittany Shaffer

Brittany Shaffer remembers being in Christmas pageants and Easter “best-dressed” parades and falling asleep on a pew during her grandmother’s choir practice at the old Woodlawn Baptist Church in Gainesville.