Background
Gray, Duncan Montgomery was born on May 5, 1898 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Franklin and Annie L. (McClung) Gray.
Gray, Duncan Montgomery was born on May 5, 1898 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Franklin and Annie L. (McClung) Gray.
Doctor of Divinity, University of South, 1925.
Ordained to ministry Protestant Episcopal Church, deacon, 1925, priest, 1926. Rector, Grace Church, Rosedale, Mississippi, and Calvary Church, Cleveland, Mississippi, 1925-1926, Grace Church, Canton, Mississippi, and St. Mary’s, Lexington, Mississippi, 1926-1929, St. Paul’s, Columbus, Mississippi, and Nativity, Macon, Mississippi, 1929-1939, Nativity, Greenwood, Mississippi, and Immanuel, Winona, Mississippi, 1939-1943. Elected bishop of Mississippi, 1943, consecrated, 1943.
Deputy to General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church, 3 times. Member diocesan Executive Committee.
Served with S.A.T.C., State College, Mississippi, 1918. Trustee U. South; Member Kappa Alpha.
Married Isabel Denham McCrady, June 17, 1925. Children: Duncan Montgomery, Mary Ormond, Isabel McCrady.