Background
Gwaltney, Leslie Lee was born on March 5, 1876 in Elberon, Virginia, United States. Son of John Avington Merritt and Sarah Rebecca (Deering) Gwaltney.
Gwaltney, Leslie Lee was born on March 5, 1876 in Elberon, Virginia, United States. Son of John Avington Merritt and Sarah Rebecca (Deering) Gwaltney.
Student of University Richmond, 1899-1904, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, 1904-1905. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1908. S.T.D., Ptomac U., 1909.
Doctor of Letters, Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama, 1927.
Ordained ministry Southern Baptist Church, 1902. Pastor successively Prattville, Greenville, 1st Church, Florence (all in Alabama), until 1919. Editor Alabama Baptist, 1919-1950.
Past president Alabama Baptist State Convention, 1935-1937. Past president Alabama Temperance Alliance. Trustee Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Organizer Baptist Foundation. Member Baptist Conference Committee on Public Relations, Washington.
Mason.
Married Richie Thornton Peters, September 23, 1902. Children: Rachel (deceased), Leslie Lee, Raecile (Mistress Fred Alvis Davis), Virginia (deceased), Richard Merritt.