Gayles Memorial hosts mortgage burning service The first African American Baptist church on the West Side of Aurora went from being held in a home on May Street in 1950 to completing its own sanctuary in 1984. Gayles Memorial Baptist Church, under the presiding Rev. George Marshall, has gone through two expansions and on Aug. 25 held a “Mortgage Burning Ceremony” to celebrate paying off the building loan more than 10 years ahead of schedule ...
Aug. 28, 2013 - The Beacon News