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==Background==

==Background==

   

   

A native of Princeton in Caldwell County in western [[Kentucky]], Grey was reared in Paducah, a city in McCracken County, also in western Kentucky at the confluence of the [[Tennessee River|Tennessee]] and [[Ohio River|Ohio]] rivers. In 1925, Grey received his diploma from Tilghman High School in Paducah. That same year, he was ordained to preach by the Immanuel Baptist Church in Paducah. In 1959, years after he had left Paducah, the city mayhor named him an honorary "Duke of Paducah". In 1929, he graduated from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. In 1932, he received the Master of Theology degree from [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]].<ref name=bio>James Cole and Robert L. Lee, ''Saint J. D.'' (Waco, Texas: Word Publishers, 1969), p. 159-163</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/29/us/the-rev-j-d-grey.html|title=Rev. J. D. Grey|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'', July 29, 1985|accessdate=July 5, 2012}}</ref>

A native of Princeton in Caldwell County in western [[Kentucky]], Grey was reared in Paducah, a city in McCracken County, also in western Kentucky at the confluence of the [[Tennessee River|Tennessee]] and [[Ohio River|Ohio]] rivers. In 1925, Grey received his diploma from Tilghman High School in Paducah. That same year, he was ordained to preach by the Immanuel Baptist Church in Paducah. In 1959, years after he had left Paducah, the city mayor named him an honorary "Duke of Paducah". In 1929, he graduated from [[Union University]] in Jackson, Tennessee. In 1932, he received the Master of Theology degree from [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]].<ref name=bio>James Cole and Robert L. Lee, ''Saint J. D.'' (Waco, Texas: Word Publishers, 1969), p. 159-163</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/29/us/the-rev-j-d-grey.html|title=Rev. J. D. Grey|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'', July 29, 1985|accessdate=July 5, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

While he attended Southwestern Seminary, Grey was the pastor from 1929 to 1931 of the Vickery Baptist Church in [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]. From 1931 to 1934, he was the pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Ennis in Ellis County, south of Dallas. Both of those congregations are still active. <ref name=bio/>

While he attended Southwestern Seminary, Grey was the pastor from 1929 to 1931 of the Vickery Baptist Church in [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]. From 1931 to 1934, he was the pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Ennis in Ellis County, south of Dallas. Both of those congregations are still active. <ref name=bio/>

Among the politicians who admired Grey was the colorful and controversial Louisiana Governor Earl Kemp Long, who retorted, "Everybody's bragging about this Billy Graham. Hell! He can't preach nothing [sic] like J. D. Grey. I had rather hear him preach  than any [other] man I've ever heard."<ref>Cole and Lee, ''Saint J. D.'', p. 127</ref>

Among the politicians who admired Grey was the colorful and controversial Louisiana Governor Earl Kemp Long, who retorted, "Everybody's bragging about this Billy Graham. Hell! He can't preach nothing [sic] like J. D. Grey. I had rather hear him preach  than any [other] man I've ever heard."<ref>Cole and Lee, ''Saint J. D.'', p. 127</ref>

   

   

In 1963-1964, Grey became involved in the Louisiana gubernatorial election on behalf of an erstwhile rival of Long's, the former New Orleans Mayor DeLesseps Story Morrison, who had resigned as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States under [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]], to make his third unsuccessful bid for the state's highest office. At the time, Morrison, a [[Roman Catholic]], faced a Democratic runoff election with [[John J. McKeithen]], a [[Methodist]] from Columbia in north Louisiana and a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. In a newspaper advertisement, Grey wrote:

In 1963-1964, Grey became involved in the Louisiana gubernatorial election on behalf of an erstwhile rival of Long's, the former New Orleans Mayor DeLesseps Story Morrison, who had resigned as United States Ambassador to the [[Organization of American States]] under [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]], to make his third unsuccessful bid for the state's highest office. At the time, Morrison, a [[Roman Catholic]], faced a Democratic runoff election with [[John J. McKeithen]], a [[Methodist]] from Columbia in north Louisiana and a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. In a newspaper advertisement, Grey wrote:

   

   

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