Background
Furr, Gary Allison was born on August 27, 1954 in Concord, North Carolina, United States. Son of Al W. and Shirley P. (Price) Furr.
Furr, Gary Allison was born on August 27, 1954 in Concord, North Carolina, United States. Son of Al W. and Shirley P. (Price) Furr.
Bachelor (honorary), Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee, 1976. Master of Divinity (honorary), Southeast Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1985.
Associate pastor, First United Methodist Church, Jefferson City, Tennessee, 1974-1975;
minister music and youth, North Clinton Avenue Baptist Church, Dunn, North Carolina, 1977-1979;
pastor, Gholson (Texas) Baptist Church, 1979-1980;
pastor, Bruceville (Texas) Baptist Church, 1986;
pastor, First Baptist Church, Blakely, Georgia, since 1986. Clinical pastoral education Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, 1979. Instructor American Baptist Theological Seminary Extension, Blakely, Georgia, 1989-1991.
Member rural ministry Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1988-1991.
Board of directors Waco Baptist Association Pastoral Counseling Center, Waco, Texas, 1981-1983. President Early County Ministerial Association, Blakely, Georgia, 1987-1988. Founder Community Relations Council, Blakely, since 1988.
Chair Early County Literacy Task Force, Blakely, 1989-1991. Member American Academy Religion, Conference of Christianity and Literature.
Married Vickie L. Johnson, December 29, 1973. Children: Heather, Erin, Katie.