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Tears, memories flow as New Holland church closes doors
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The oldest member of the New Holland United Methodist Church congregation, Margaret Kytle, shakes hands with the Rev. Paul Youngblood on Sunday after the church’s last service. - photo by JOSHUA L. JONES
Irine Keebaugh hadn’t visited the church in decades, since leaving the New Holland community and later joining a Baptist church. So, Sunday’s trip to New Holland United Methodist in Gainesville was especially meaningful, bringing back childhood memories. “I’d get up and walk down here from Quarry Street,” she said.