Joe Larry Ward

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Personal Information

Joe L. Ward of Telephone is a full-time rancher and operates a Red Angus/Santa Gertrudis cow-calf operation on the Bar S Ranch. He is a founding board member of the Fannin County Multi-Purpose Complex, volunteer for the Telephone Volunteer Fire Department, director for the Bigbee Cemetery, and member of the Telephone Baptist Church. He is also a former gubernatorial appointee to the State Soil and Water Conservation Board, and formerly served on the Bonham Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Ward served in the Army National Guard from 1969 – 1971 and the Air National Guard from 1971 – 1976. Ward received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Baylor University. Reappointed 4/23/25.