Background
Gunnells, Drew Jefferson was born on October 17, 1932 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Drew Jefferson and Dura Lee (Hortman) Gunnells.
Gunnells, Drew Jefferson was born on October 17, 1932 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Drew Jefferson and Dura Lee (Hortman) Gunnells.
Bachelor, Baylor University, 1953. Master of Divinity., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1958. Master of Arts, University Southern Mississippi, 1966.
Doctor of Divinity, Mobile College, 1970.
Pastor, Zion Hill Baptist Church, Bluffdale, Texas, 1957-1958;
pastor, 1st Baptist Church, Summit, Mississippi, 1958-1962;
pastor, Eastern Hills Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, 1962-1972;
pastor, Spring Hill Baptist Church, Mobile, Alabama, since 1972. Trustee Foreign Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1967-1974, chairman 1970-1972. Trustee Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1979-1989, chairman 1985-1987.
President Alabama Baptist State Convention, 1979-1981. President Sunrise Rotary, Mobile, 1986-1987. Conference speaker 27 countries.
First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1953-1955. Member Mobile Chamber of Commerce, Rotary (governor local district since 1991), Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Alpha Theta.
Married Flora Margery Noble. Children: Drew Jeffrey, Lisa Gunnells Steed, Susan Lee.