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These shoppers share memories as Sears at Lakeshore Mall prepares to close

Customers shop at Sears in Lakeshore Mall on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. This Sears location is set to close in late March, which will bring an end to the department store's history in Hall County. - photo by Austin Steele

01062019 SEARS 001.JPG — Customers shop at Sears in Lakeshore Mall on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. This Sears location is set to close in late March, which will bring an end to the department store's history in Hall County. - photo by Austin Steele

Seventy-seven-year-old Mary Young remembers flipping through the Sears catalog as a girl and weaving her way through crowds of people to peruse the store’s merchandise.