Jesse Gatewood laughingly describes his active retirement as geriatric hustling, and he has served many civic organizations, including the Clinton Presidential Center, which recently honored him as Volunteer of the Year.
(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Cary Jenkins)
(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Cary Jenkins)
Jesse Gatewood might have started out modestly in life, but the 75-year-old never let any circumstance slow him down, dull his spirit or hold him back. In fact, when Gatewood was honored Dec. 6 at the Clinton Presidential Center’s annual volunteer gala as Volunteer of the Year, it was just the latest in a long line of personal and professional accolades.
After all, it’s not every son of a Lonoke dirt farmer who can talk about multiple encounters with a former president as casually — and with as much genuine fondness — as if talking about an old high school buddy.
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