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Our minister & wife: Gary and Terry Davenport

9561 Conda Way, Elk Grove, CA 95624 email: ged880@yahoo.com; cell: 916-529-1239

Go to this site to see pictures of my family and two grandsons.

Also: Parents and grandparents.

 

I was born in Louisville, Kentucky on October 30, 1950, but grew  up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I met my wife, Terry, while we were students at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. We married on July 2, 1971 and have three children, Tonia (age 34), Eric (age 32), and Gregory (age 30). 

 

Terry was born in Waco, Texas and spent many years in Phoenix, Arizona, moving there when she was eight years old. She attended Lubbock Christian College for two years and went one quarter to David Lipscomb College, before transferring to M.T.S.U., where we met, married and both graduated in 1972. Her parents (Batsell and Louise Moore) moved in with us in May, 2004, and are faithful members of the Lord's church.

 

Tonia (May, 1999) and Eric (May, 2000) graduated from Harding University. Tonia is working in the Fort Lauderdale area and Gregory is serving our country in the Coast Guard, stationed in Seattle, Washington.  Gregory and Andrea (Yaw) were married in September, 2006. She is a district manager in the Washington and Idaho region.

 

Eric and Wendy were married in June, 2000. Eric is the minister of belonging at the Northwest church of Christ in San Antonio, Texas, while continuing his graduate studies towardOld Town Elk Grove a Master of Divinity degree through Harding University in Memphis. Wendy is a part-time nurse and full-time Christian woman, wife and mother. We have two grandchildren, Brinson and Aiden.

 

My parents are Buell and Rheda Davenport, who have been members at the East Brainerd Church of Christ in Chattanooga since 1960. My Dad was one of the elders there until his death on December 2, 1996. He had also preached at some of the smaller congregations in the Chattanooga on a regular fill-in basis.

 

A brother, Bo Davenport, is the administrator/director of the Atlanta Inner-city Ministry (AIM). Four of my eight brothers and sisters attended Freed-Hardeman College in Henderson, Tennessee. A brother-in-law, John Kachelman (Freed-Hardeman graduate), ministers with the Judsonia church of Christ in the Searcy area and makes two annual mission trips to the Ukraine.

Gary's philosophy of ministry and statements of faith.

This was taken in September, 2006, at the wedding of Gregory and Andrea (Yaw) Davenport . From left to right are Gary, Terry, Aiden, Andrea, Gregory, Brinson, Eric, Wendy, and Tonia. Terry and I have the best children, daughters-in-law, and grandsons in the entire world!