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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 32), Eric (age 30), and Gregory (age 28).
 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
manages a Nine West store in the Seattle, Washington area.
Eric and Wendy were
married in June, 2000. Eric is now the minister of belonging at the Northwest
church of Christ in San Antonio, Texas, while continuing his graduate studies
toward a Master of Divinity degree through Harding University in Memphis. Wendy is a
part-time nurse and fulltime wife, mother, and Christian woman. Eric was the family minister at the Tammany Oaks
church of Christ, some 25 miles
north of New Orleans, for just over three years. 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-in-law, John Kachelman (Freed-Hardeman graduate), has preached in
Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas and written for Truth for Today, in
Searcy, Arkansas. He is now working fulltime in mission work to the Ukraine and
ministers with the Judsonia church of Christ in the Searcy area. John speaks
annually on the Freed-Hardeman University lectureship program. A brother, Bo
Davenport, served as family minister at the Campus church of Christ in Norcross,
Georgia, for several years and is now the administrator/director of the Atlanta
Inner-city Ministry (AIM). Four of my eight brothers and sisters attended
Freed-Hardeman College in Henderson, Tennessee.
Go to
this site to see
pictures of my family and two
grandsons.
Go to this site to see pictures of our house in Elk Grove.
Gary's philosophy of ministry and statements
of faith.
This was taken in
September, 2006, at the wedding of Gregory and Andrea (Yaw). 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!
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