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|name=James David "J. D." Grey

|name=James David "J. D." Grey<br>

|birth_date=December 18, 1906  

|birth_date=December 18, 1906  

|birth_place=Princeton, Caldwell County, [[Kentucky]]

|birth_place=Princeton, Caldwell County, [[Kentucky]]

|death_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]

|death_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]

|spouse=Lilliam Tooke Grey (married 1927-1985, his death)

|spouse=Lilliam Tooke Grey (married 1927-1985, his death)

|religion=[[Southern Baptist]] pastor

|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]  

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

}}

}}

In 1957, Grey was asked to nominate for the Southern Baptist Convention presidency Brooks Hays, a [[liberal]] U.S. representative from [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], who subsequently lost a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] gubernatorial primary election in 1966. At the time Hays was the chairman of the Christian Life Commission, a liberal group advocating peaceful relations among the races within the Christian community. Grey declined to make the nomination on the grounds that he should not use his influence as a two-term past president of the convention to promote a particular candidate. Nevertheless, Hays was elected as the convention president for a single term that year.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9yHdwD5LbEUC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=Brooks+Hays+and+J.+D.+Grey&source=bl&ots=sIVBqhmuUD&sig=ckk7FlYDLOXolGYLD0pZpW5k888&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8Tz6T8DmNeWC2wXgqrz_Bg&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Brooks%20Hays%20and%20J.%20D.%20Grey&f=false|title=James Thomas Baker, Brooks Hays, pp. 114-115|publisher=Macon, [[Georgia]]: Mercer University Press, (1989)|accessdate=July 9, 2012}}</ref>  

In 1957, Grey was asked to nominate for the Southern Baptist Convention presidency Brooks Hays, a [[liberal]] U.S. representative from [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], who subsequently lost a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] gubernatorial primary election in 1966. At the time Hays was the chairman of the Christian Life Commission, a liberal group advocating peaceful relations among the races within the Christian community. Grey declined to make the nomination on the grounds that he should not use his influence as a two-term past president of the convention to promote a particular candidate. Nevertheless, Hays was elected as the convention president for a single term that year.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9yHdwD5LbEUC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=Brooks+Hays+and+J.+D.+Grey&source=bl&ots=sIVBqhmuUD&sig=ckk7FlYDLOXolGYLD0pZpW5k888&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8Tz6T8DmNeWC2wXgqrz_Bg&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Brooks%20Hays%20and%20J.%20D.%20Grey&f=false|title=James Thomas Baker, Brooks Hays, pp. 114-115|publisher=Macon, [[Georgia]]: Mercer University Press, (1989)|accessdate=July 9, 2012}}</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>

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 Democratic 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 Democratic 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:

Grey's papers are housed at the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee.<ref name=sbhla>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbhla.org/downloads/608.pdf|title=J. D. Grey Papers|publisher=sbhla.org|accessdate=July 5, 2012}}</ref>

Grey's papers are housed at the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee.<ref name=sbhla>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbhla.org/downloads/608.pdf|title=J. D. Grey Papers|publisher=sbhla.org|accessdate=July 5, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

G. Earl Guinn (1912-2004), the president of Louisiana College from 1951 to 1975, said of his friend:  "I feel toward J. D. Grey about like [[Winston Churchill]] felt toward his friend, the first F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead. ... I would rather have J. D. Grey at my side, cataracts, arthritis, and all, than 99 percent of the people in all of the world."<ref>Cole and Lee, ''St. J. D.'', p. 41</ref>

G. Earl Guinn (1912-2004), the president of Louisiana College from 1951 to 1975, said of his friend:  "I feel toward J. D. Grey about like [[Winston Churchill]] felt toward his friend, the first F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead. ... I would rather have J. D. Grey at my side, cataracts, arthritis, and all, than 99 percent of the people in all of the world."<ref>Cole and Lee, ''St. J. D.'', p. 41.</ref>

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