Cross County (Arkansas) Office of Veterans Affairs

What it is. An Arkansas county veterans service officer is employed by the county judge and paid from the Quorum Court's budget, trained and accredited through the Department of Veterans Affairs, and partly reimbursed by the State under section 20-81-106: one dollar for every two the county spends, up to $3,600 a year, or $4,800 in a county with more than 2,500 veterans, plus $500 a quarter each for VA accreditation and for access to VA's benefits system; see the Arkansas entry on the Department and county service officers. Help with a claim is free. Who and when. The county's Veterans Services page: "TONY BOND, VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICER, CROSS COUNTY OFFICE of VETERANS AFFAIRS, 705 Union Ave E, Room 4, Wynne, AR 72396, Office: (870) 238-5755, Cell: (870) 768-5457", and "I want all veterans to come by my office at the Court House to see me." The Department of Veterans Affairs' county finder (last updated August 19, 2026) lists him at 705 E. Union Rm 4, Wynne, (870) 768-5457, [email protected], Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; the same finder lists him as Lee County's officer too, at 15 E. Chestnut, Marianna, Monday and Tuesday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Lee County's 2026 budget pays him for that office, so call before going in on a Monday or Tuesday (see the Lee County entry). Cross is in the Department's District 3, whose District Veterans Service Officer is Ric Bolton in Salem, (870) 253-9767. The County Judge, Lynn Blake, is in the same room number, (870) 238-5750. The Quorum Court. The site posts the Court's agendas and minutes only to October 2023 and budget fund totals only to 2023, so the office's appropriation is not published. The veterans court. Cross residents can be referred to the First Judicial District Veteran's Court, which sits monthly in Phillips County; see the entry on that court.