When Gary retired from his work as a human resources trainer and teacher in the year 2000, he thought his career was over. Little did he know, his life’s work had just begun. Now, at 63 years old, Gary says, “I can’t wait for the next 10 years.”
We caught up with missionary Gary Locklear, a Church and Community Worker, by phone as he was heading out for a 275-mile drive to a Home Missioner and Deaconess gathering in Asheville, North Carolina. In addition to his work as missionary, Gary is a Home Missioner, a lay leader in the annual conference, and a leader of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
To read the full article published in the Jan-Feb, 2012 New World Outlook magazine, about NC Conference missionary, Gary Locklear, go to NWO.