Jerry Palmer has been preaching full- or part-time for churches of Christ in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas since 1995. He has been preaching in Satanta since 2006 while living in Ulysses and now Holcomb. During the week, Jerry is a conductor and engineer for the Garden City Western Railway.

Jerry has been married to his wife, Anita, since 1992 and they have three grown sons and five grandchildren. Anita is an elementary school teacher in Garden City when she isn't quilting or chasing grandchildren.