1991-1995           

Pete is a native of Kellyton, AL, a graduate of King College, Bristol, TN, and Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA. He has also done graduate studies at Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN. 

He is married to the former Bobbye Lee Hollingsworth of Jackson, MS, and they have three children. 

He served as pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Charleston, MS, and as Stated Supply of New Hope Presbyterian Church in Scobey, GA. In 1991 he accepted the call to pastor French Camp Presbyterian Church, the first full time pastor this church had had in over 40 years. Upon leaving French Camp, the McElraths returned to his native Alabama.