Gayle Rackley
Gayle Rackley has lived in N.W. Arkansas since 1973. She received Christ as her Savior in 1982 and became a member at Wood Avenue Baptist Church in Fayetteville. She has been an active member in Baptist churches since then. Having a heart for and musically talented Gayle has continually used her talents in worship. She has served in such as choirs, praise teams, a ladies’ vocal ensemble and sometimes accompanies on the keyboard or guitar. In 1998, she and her husband Vann Rackley left Lakeside Baptist Church to help with the music at Lakeside’s new mission church, Rocky Branch Baptist. When the mission church constituted into Rocky Branch Baptist Church in 2002, Gayle and Vann were founding members. In 2017, she began leading worship and continues to do so with Co-Director of Worship, Susan Upham, who recently joined the music team. Gayle and Vann love the Lord and state how they have been tremendously blessed over the years to be a part of this family of believers. Thanks be to God for how He has blessed Rocky Branch Baptist Church with such musically talented folks!