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Alley graduated 70th in a class of 76 in 1952 from Springhill High School, since North Webster High School following school consolidations. On the recommendation of his [[Sunday school]] teacher, Joe Mayor, Alley enrolled at the Baptist-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] prior to his pastorate at Calvary church.<ref name=facebook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/john.alley.545|title=John Alley|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref> Alley stayed five years at LC and in 1957 obtained a degree in Psychology and a minor in the English language. He then studied at the [[New Orleans]] Baptist Theological Seminary, from which he earned a degree in Philosophical Theology with minors in biblical languages. "All of it was a difficult time of learning. (One of his professors mistakenly predicted that Alley would drop out of college.) But I am grateful to [[God]] and the kind people who helped me," Alley recalled.<ref name=LCarticle/>

Alley graduated 70th in a class of 76 in 1952 from Springhill High School, since North Webster High School following school consolidations. On the recommendation of his [[Sunday school]] teacher, Joe Mayor, Alley enrolled at the Baptist-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] prior to his pastorate at Calvary church.<ref name=facebook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/john.alley.545|title=John Alley|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref> Alley stayed five years at LC and in 1957 obtained a degree in Psychology and a minor in the English language. He then studied at the [[New Orleans]] Baptist Theological Seminary, from which he earned a degree in Philosophical Theology with minors in biblical languages. "All of it was a difficult time of learning. (One of his professors mistakenly predicted that Alley would drop out of college.) But I am grateful to [[God]] and the kind people who helped me," Alley recalled.<ref name=LCarticle/>

He was married for sixty-six years to the former Carolyn Anne Byrd (1934-2023), who was born in Panama City, [[Florida]], but was reared in Springhill, Louisiana. For years, she was the Calvary Church pianist and organist. The couple had two daughters, Alicia Alley Smith (husband Todd) and Lynn Alley Wheelis (husband Steve), and five grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetowntalk.com/obituaries/att055496|title=Carolyn Anne Byrd Alley obituary|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=February 16, 2023|accessdae=February 17, 2023}}</ref>

He was married for sixty-six years to his first-grade sweetheart, the former Carolyn Anne Byrd (1934-2023), who was born in Panama City, [[Florida]], but was reared in Springhill, Louisiana. For years, she was the Calvary Church pianist and organist. The couple had two daughters, Alicia Alley Smith (husband Todd) and Lynn Alley Wheelis (husband Steve), and five grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetowntalk.com/obituaries/att055496|title=Carolyn Anne Byrd Alley obituary|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=February 16, 2023|accessdae=February 17, 2023}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==