Well, it's a long story, so maybe a brief outline...
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PERSONAL
Lives near Garland, NC (between Clinton and Wilmington)
*Married to Carol Poe; 3 grown children, 4 grandchildren
*Lived in Brazil from age 7 to 18, son of Baptist missionaries
*Will never, ever die (other than that old body, of course)!
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WORK
*ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher, Union Middle School,
Clinton, NC (since July 2005)
Teacher at Newton Conover HS and Newton Conover MS (1990-2005)
*Previously -- sales rep, sales manager, branch manager
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MINISTRY
*Music Director, Grace United Methodist Church,
Clinton, NC (since April, 2007)
Music Director, Friendship United Methodist Church,
Newton, NC (1993-2005)
*Minister of Music, North Newton Baptist Church (1988-1992)
*Pastor (one church in Brazil, two in NC) and Evangelist (1969-1974)
*Music director and MC, Balls Creek Camp Meeting, 1994,1996,1998,2004
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MUSIC
*Formally studied piano, guitar, accordeon
*Also plays bass guitar, organ, keyboards, kazoo, big ol' drums ;-}
*Started writing lyrics 1993, composing music 1995
*Released solo tape "I'm Going Home" (13 original songs) December, 1996
*Released solo tape "The Forgiven" (12 original songs) January, 1998
*Released solo CD "Would You Look at That!" (11 original songs) Spring, 2002
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EDUCATION
*B.A., Campbell College, Buies Creek, NC,� 1971
*Postgraduate studies, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1972-1974
*Postgraduate studies, Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, NC, 1989-1990
*M.Ed., University of North Carolina-Charlotte, 1998
*School of Hard Knocks...... ongoing� :-)
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