Background
Henry, Jerry Maurice was born on August 7, 1880 in Poages Mill, near Roanoke City, Virginia, United States. Son of John T. and Jane Frances (Grisso) Henry.
Henry, Jerry Maurice was born on August 7, 1880 in Poages Mill, near Roanoke City, Virginia, United States. Son of John T. and Jane Frances (Grisso) Henry.
Preparatory education, Daleville (Virginia) Academy and College. Bachelor of Arts, Bridgewater (Virginia) College, 1909. Teacher Daleville College, 1909-1913, 1914-1917.
Studied University of Virginia, 1913-1914.
Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1919, Doctor of Philosophy, 1924.
Prohibition speaker in Virginia, 1914-1917. Ordained ministry Church of the Brethren, 1906. Evangelistic work, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Maryland.
Pastor Washington, District of Columbia, 1917-1922.
President Blue Ridge College, New Windsor, Maryland., from 1922. Delivered educational addresses at International Conference of Church of the Brethren, Calgary, Canada, June 1923.
Delegate World Conference on Faith and Order, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1927. Lecturer on “World Peace”.
Home: New Windsor, Maryland.†.
Married Virginia Wickline, August 9, 1909. Children: Hortense May (deceased), Maurice Kent, Margaret Sangster.