Background
Wray, Harmon Lee was born on November 10, 1946 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Harmon Lee and Celeste Annabelle Wray.
organization administrator studies educator
Wray, Harmon Lee was born on November 10, 1946 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Harmon Lee and Celeste Annabelle Wray.
Bachelor, Rhodes College, Memphis, 1968. Master of Divinity, Duke University, 1971. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1985.
Pastor, Huntland (Tennessee) Presbyterian Church, 1972-1995;
information assistant, United Methodist Comm., Nashville, 1976-1979;
lector prison ministries, Vanderbilt Division School, Nashville, since 1976;
community organizer, Southern Prison Ministry, Nashville, 1979-1980;
Tennessee director, Southern Prison Ministry, Nashville, 1980-1982;
community education coordinator, Project Return, Nashville, 1982-1989;
community missions leader, Glendale Baptist Church, Nashville, 1988-1988;
executive director, Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Nashville, 1989-1995;
coordinator for ministries of poor and marginalized, Tennessee Conference, United Methodist Church, Nashville, 1995-1998;
executive director Restorative Justice Ministries, United Methodist Church, Nashville, since 1999. Teaching assistant ethics Vanderbilt Division School, Nashville, 1973-1975, field education supervisor, since 1976, instructor continuing studies, 1978-1983. Project consultant General Board Discipleship, United Methodist Church, Nashville, 1985.
Congressional consultant Prescott Memorial Baptist Church, Memphis, 1989-1990.
Member steering committee Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing (and predecessor organizations), Nashville, since 1976. Member Tennessee Jail Standards Review Committee, Nashville, 1980-1981. Board directors Victim-Offender Reconciliation Progressive, Nashville, 1990-1998, chair 1994-1997.
Vice-chair Executive Committee Criminal Justice & Mercy Ministries Fellow., Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, 1992-1999. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa.