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During much of his childhood, Jerry Gaw resided in a [[suburb]] of [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], because his father was employed in the  [[automobile]] industry. They returned to Gainesboro, at which he graduated in 1970 from Jackson County High School, located at 190 Blue Devil Lane in Gainesboro, a street named for the school sports teams.<ref name=statement>Statement of Jerry L. Gaw, January 13, 2011.</ref> 

During much of his childhood, Jerry Gaw resided in a [[suburb]] of [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], because his father was employed in the  [[automobile]] industry. They returned to Gainesboro, at which he graduated in 1970 from Jackson County High School, located at 190 Blue Devil Lane in Gainesboro, a street named for the school sports teams.<ref name=statement>Statement of Jerry L. Gaw, January 13, 2011.</ref> 

 

 

In 1974, Gaw  received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history education from the then David Lipscomb College. He then taught in Church of Christ-related schools in Pensacola, [[Florida]], from 1974 to 1976 and in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], at the since closed Shreve Christian School from 1978 to 1979, when he entered Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, from which he procured in 1983 his [[Master of Arts]] degree in history.<ref name=lipscombfaculty/> He was a full-time pulpit minister in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, from 1976 to 1978 and thereafter an associate pastor in Shreveport. He served part-time between 1978 and 1980<ref name=statement/> at the since inactive Cotton Valley Church of Christ in Cotton Valley,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizapedia.com/la/cotton-valley-church-of-christ.html|title=Cotton Valley Church of Christ in Cotton Valley, Louisiana|publisher=Bizapedia.com|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}</ref> a [[village]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, where his wife's grandparents resided, while he was also completing the master's requirements at Northwestern State University. Gaw thereafter enrolled in the [[Doctor|Ph.D.]] program at Mississippi State University in Starkville. After completion of his doctoral course work from 1982 to 1984, he returned permanently to Lipscomb and received his terminal degree in 1990.<ref name=>lipscomb{{cite web|url=https://www.lipscomb.edu/www/bio/detail/2258|title=Jerry Gaw Professor|publisher=Lipscomb.edu|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> 

In 1974, Gaw  received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history education from the then David Lipscomb College. He then taught in Church of Christ-related schools in Pensacola, [[Florida]], from 1974 to 1976 and in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], at the since closed Shreve Christian School from 1978 to 1979, when he entered Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, from which he procured in 1983 his [[Master of Arts]] degree in history.<ref name=lipscombfaculty/> He was a full-time pulpit minister in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, from 1976 to 1978 and thereafter an associate pastor in Shreveport. He served part-time between 1978 and 1980<ref name=statement/> at the since inactive Cotton Valley Church of Christ in Cotton Valley,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizapedia.com/la/cotton-valley-church-of-christ.html|title=Cotton Valley Church of Christ in Cotton Valley, Louisiana|publisher=Bizapedia.com|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}</ref> a [[village]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, where his wife's grandparents resided, while he was also completing the master's requirements at Northwestern State University. Gaw thereafter enrolled in the [[Doctor|Ph.D.]] program at Mississippi State University in Starkville. After completion of his doctoral course work from 1982 to 1984, he returned permanently to Lipscomb and received his terminal degree in 1990.<ref name=lipscomb{{cite web|url=https://www.lipscomb.edu/www/bio/detail/2258|title=Jerry Gaw Professor|publisher=Lipscomb.edu|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> 

Gaw has been married since 1976 to  the former Vicki Renee Clayton (born May 28, 1956), a Lipscomb administrative assistant<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Vicki-R-Gaw/Nashville-TN|title=Vicki Gaw|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}</ref> originally from Shreveport. They have one son, David Clayton Gaw (born 1977), also of Nashville.

Gaw has been married since 1976 to  the former Vicki Renee Clayton (born May 28, 1956), a Lipscomb administrative assistant<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Vicki-R-Gaw/Nashville-TN|title=Vicki Gaw|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}</ref> originally from Shreveport. They have one son, David Clayton Gaw (born 1977), also of Nashville.