Background
Ray, Jefferson Davis was born on November 24, 1860 in Victoria, Texas, United States. Son of William L. and Ava (Dollahite) Ray.
Ray, Jefferson Davis was born on November 24, 1860 in Victoria, Texas, United States. Son of William L. and Ava (Dollahite) Ray.
Diploma National School of Oratory, Philadelphia, 1879. Bachelor of Arts, Baylor University, 1882, Doctor of Divinity, 1903. Student Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1895-1897, University of Chicago, 2 summers.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1882. Pastor Huntsville, Texas, 1882-1885 and 1889-1895. Director Baptist South.S. and colportage work in Texas, 1886-1889.
Pastor, Eminence, Kentucky, 1895-1897, Caldwell, Texas, 1897-1901, Corsicana, 1901-1903, Waco, 1903-1907.
Professor homiletics Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, since 1907. Baptist camp pastor, Camp Bowie, Texas, World War I.
Married Josephine Wood, October 21, 1884 (died 1918). Married second, Lillian Spight, January 4, 1922 (died July 22, 1937).