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Gaw is the youngest of five children born to Lewis Ambrose Gaw (1918-1996) and the former Sylvia Gerlene Hix (1918-1995) in Gainesboro in Jackson County located on the Cumberland Plateau near Cookeville in north Tennessee not far from the [[Kentucky]] border. His oldest sibling, Joy Chaffin, is a homemaker in Jackson, Tennessee. A brother, Charles Lewis Gaw, was stillborn in 1945. Two other siblings were Shirley Dianne Gaw O'Shields (1942-2011) of Monterey in Putnam County in north central Tennessee and Gary D. Gaw (1950-1998), who died of a ruptured esophagus in Lewisburg in Marshall County, Tennessee, approximately midway between Nashville and [[Huntsville, Alabama]]. Sylvia Gaw was cremated. Lewis, Charles, Shirley, and Gary Gaw are interred at the Gaw Family Cemetery No. 1 in Gainesboro.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gaw&GSfn=Lewis&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=169990109&df=all&|title=Lewis Ambrose Gaw|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}</ref>

Gaw is the youngest of five children born to Lewis Ambrose Gaw (1918-1996) and the former Sylvia Gerlene Hix (1918-1995) in Gainesboro in Jackson County located on the Cumberland Plateau near Cookeville in north Tennessee not far from the [[Kentucky]] border. His oldest sibling, Joy Chaffin, is a homemaker in Jackson, Tennessee. A brother, Charles Lewis Gaw, was stillborn in 1945. Two other siblings were Shirley Dianne Gaw O'Shields (1942-2011) of Monterey in Putnam County in north central Tennessee and Gary D. Gaw (1950-1998), who died of a ruptured esophagus in Lewisburg in Marshall County, Tennessee, approximately midway between Nashville and [[Huntsville, Alabama]]. Sylvia Gaw was cremated. Lewis, Charles, Shirley, and Gary Gaw are interred at the Gaw Family Cemetery No. 1 in Gainesboro.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gaw&GSfn=Lewis&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=169990109&df=all&|title=Lewis Ambrose Gaw|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}</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> 

From 1963 to 1969, Gaw resided in Warren in Macomb County, [[Michigan]], a [[suburb]] of [[Detroit]], because his father was employed in the  [[automobile]] industry. They returned to Gainesboro in time for him to graduate in 1970 from Jackson County High School, located at 190 Blue Devil Lane, a street named for the school sports teams.<ref name=statement>Statement of Jerry L. Gaw, September 26, 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> 

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.

In 1999, the American Philosophical Society in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], published Gaw's '''A Time to Heal': The Diffusion of Listerism in Victorian Britain,'' a study of the medical progress through antiseptic surgical procedures and other reforms promoted by [[Joseph Lister]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Time-Heal-Diffusion-Transactions-Philosophical/dp/0871698919|title=A Time to Heal: The Diffusion of Listerism in Victorian Britain|publisher=American Philosophical Society|date=1999|location=[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]|isbn=087169-891-9,|page=178 pp.|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>In a review of Gaw's book in the publication ''Victorian Studies,'' Margaret Anne Crowther of the University of Glasgow in Scotland writes: "Amongst the useful features of the book is a substantial bibliography of works dealing with Joseph Lister and antiseptic surgery. ... Gaw's approach is to concentrate on the years from the late 1860s to the mid-1880s, when Lister's views, at first highly contentious, began to dominate the medical world."<ref>Margaret Anne Crowther, ''Victorian Studies'', Vol. 43, No. 4 (Summer 2001), pp. 688-689.</ref>

In 1999, the American Philosophical Society in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], published Gaw's '''A Time to Heal': The Diffusion of Listerism in Victorian Britain,'' a study of the medical progress through antiseptic surgical procedures and other reforms promoted by [[Joseph Lister]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Time-Heal-Diffusion-Transactions-Philosophical/dp/0871698919|title=A Time to Heal: The Diffusion of Listerism in Victorian Britain|publisher=American Philosophical Society|date=1999|location=[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]|isbn=087169-891-9,|page=178 pp.|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>In a review of Gaw's book in the publication ''Victorian Studies,'' Margaret Anne Crowther of the University of Glasgow in Scotland writes: "Amongst the useful features of the book is a substantial bibliography of works dealing with Joseph Lister and antiseptic surgery. ... Gaw's approach is to concentrate on the years from the late 1860s to the mid-1880s, when Lister's views, at first highly contentious, began to dominate the medical world."<ref>Margaret Anne Crowther, ''Victorian Studies'', Vol. 43, No. 4 (Summer 2001), pp. 688-689.</ref>

Gaw is listed with ''Who's Who in the South and Southwest.''<ref name=lipscomb/> He is a member and the faculty sponsor of Phi Alpha Theta,<ref name=lipscombfaculty/> the honorary history society. He holds membership in the European section of the Southern Historical Association.<ref name=lipscomb/>He was a member of the since discontinued steering committee of the Lipscomb University Lifelong Learning Program, a study geared toward the intellectual stimulation of the retired and semi-retired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lifelonglearning.lipscomb.edu/|title=The Lifelong Learning Program|publisher=lifelonglearning.lipscomb.edu|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> He has taught abroad for Lipscomb programs in Bath, Somerset, [[England]], and [[Vienna]], [[Austria]].<ref name=lipscombfaculty>{{cite web|url=https://www.lipscomb.edu/history/faculty-staff|title=Jerry L. Gaw: Faculty & Staff at Lipscomb University|publisher=Lipscomb.edu|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}</ref>

Professor Gaw is listed with ''Who's Who in the South and Southwest.''<ref name=lipscomb/> He is a member and the faculty sponsor of Phi Alpha Theta,<ref name=lipscombfaculty/> the honorary history society. He holds membership in the European section of the Southern Historical Association.<ref name=lipscomb/>He was a member of the since discontinued steering committee of the Lipscomb University Lifelong Learning Program, a study geared toward the intellectual stimulation of the retired and semi-retired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lifelonglearning.lipscomb.edu/|title=The Lifelong Learning Program|publisher=lifelonglearning.lipscomb.edu|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> He has taught abroad for Lipscomb programs in Bath, Somerset, [[England]], and [[Vienna]], [[Austria]].<ref name=lipscombfaculty>{{cite web|url=https://www.lipscomb.edu/history/faculty-staff|title=Jerry L. Gaw: Faculty & Staff at Lipscomb University|publisher=Lipscomb.edu|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}</ref>

In 1980, he penned an article, "Refuge in a Hostile White World: The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction,"  in the publication, ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal'', since known as ''[[North Louisiana History]]''.<ref>Jerry L. Gaw, "Refuge in a Hostile White World: The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction," ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal'', Vol. 11 No. 4 (Fall 1980), pp 19-32.</ref> He has completed and awaits publication of a study of the [[World War I]]-era British [[Prime Minister]] [[David Lloyd George]], a member of the Church of Christ denomination. The work examines Lloyd George's religious convictions in the implementation of public policy.<ref name=lipscombfaculty/> Gaw has entries on Edward Jenner and Joseph Lister in ''The Research Guide to European Historical Biography''.<ref>Edward Jenner and Joseph Lister entries, ''The Research Guide to European Historical Biography'', edited by James A. Moncure (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1993), 8 vols., 3414-27 (Jenner), 3649-61 (Lister).</ref> He has penned two book reviews in ''The Stone-Campbell Journal,'' published in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]].''<ref>Book reviews in ''The Stone-Campbell Journal'' of David W. Bebbington, ''The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody'', Vol. 9 (Fall 2006), 264-65, and John Howard Smith, ''The Perfect Rule of the Christian Religion: A History of Sandemanianism in the Eighteenth Century'', Vol. 14 (Spring 2011), 87-88.</ref>

In 1980, he penned an article, "Refuge in a Hostile White World: The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction,"  in the publication, ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal'', since known as ''[[North Louisiana History]]''.<ref>Jerry L. Gaw, "Refuge in a Hostile White World: The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction," ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal'', Vol. 11 No. 4 (Fall 1980), pp 19-32.</ref> He has completed and awaits publication of a study of the [[World War I]]-era British [[Prime Minister]] [[David Lloyd George]], a member of the Church of Christ denomination. The work examines Lloyd George's religious convictions in the implementation of public policy.<ref name=lipscombfaculty/> Gaw has entries on Edward Jenner and Joseph Lister in ''The Research Guide to European Historical Biography''.<ref>Edward Jenner and Joseph Lister entries, ''The Research Guide to European Historical Biography'', edited by James A. Moncure (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1993), 8 vols., 3414-27 (Jenner), 3649-61 (Lister).</ref> He has penned two book reviews in ''The Stone-Campbell Journal,'' published in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]].''<ref>Book reviews in ''The Stone-Campbell Journal'' of David W. Bebbington, ''The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody'', Vol. 9 (Fall 2006), 264-65, and John Howard Smith, ''The Perfect Rule of the Christian Religion: A History of Sandemanianism in the Eighteenth Century'', Vol. 14 (Spring 2011), 87-88.</ref>