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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. The family 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>
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. The family 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's wife is Vicki Renee Gaw, 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, whom he married in 1976. They have one son, David Gaw, also of Nashville.
Gaw's wife is Vicki Renee Gaw, 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, whom he married in 1976. They have one son, David Gaw, also of Nashville.