Highland Heights UM Church closing after Sunday’s service
R.J. Haynes passes by the Highland Heights United Methodist Church on Summer Ave. which will hold its final service on Sunday, June 16, after worshipping at the same corner for 106 years. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Highland Heights United Methodist Church has anchored a corner of Summer and Highland for a century, but will close because of its shrinking, aging membership.
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Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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