Ronnie Boggs (left) and Ashley Simpson stand with the portraits of Thomas and Anne Goulding last month. They have returned to Lexington after a 10-year absence.
Decade-long effort brings historic Goulding portraits back to Lexington
Molly Moore
For ages, two weathered faces lingered quietly in a small church lobby in Oglethorpe County, until their disappearance pushed a local historian’s search for answers. After nearly a year of restoration and more than a decade of advocacy, the 1843 portraits of Rev.
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