Background
Gray, Baron De Kalb was born on June 18, 1855 in Waynesboro, Mississippi, United States. Son of Major John L. and Caroline (Salter) Gray.
Gray, Baron De Kalb was born on June 18, 1855 in Waynesboro, Mississippi, United States. Son of Major John L. and Caroline (Salter) Gray.
Master of Arts, Mississippi College, Clinton, 1878. Graduate Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1883. Doctor of Divinity, Mississippi College, 1890.
Doctor of Laws, 1904.
Doctor of Laws, Baylor University, 1920.
Baptist ministry, 1873, ordained, 1878. Pastor Mound Bluff, New Hope, Mississippi, 1878-1879, Midway, Kentucky, 1879-1880, Buffalo Lick, Kentucky, 1881-1882, East Church, Louisville, 1882-1884, Clinton, Mississippi, 1884-1887, Hazelhurst. Mississippi, 1888-1893, First Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 1893-1901.
President Georgetown (Kentucky) College, 1901-1903.
Correspondent secretary Home Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1903-1928. Retired as executive secretary emeritus.
Trustee Mississippi College 7 years. Member 1893-1901. president 1898-1901, board of trustees Howard College, East Lake, Alabama.
Chairman of Commission on Cecil Rhodes Scholarships for Kentucky, 1902-1903.
Home: 614 North. Main Saint, College Park, Georgia.
Member 1893-1901. president 1898-1901, board of trustees Howard College, East Lake, Alabama.
Married Alma Ratliff, December 9, 1884. Children: Carol, Mary Ratliff, Baron De Kalb.