Lee County Veterans Service Officer (Ryan Marshall) and Assistant (Dawn Marshall), Giddings

The office. Ryan Marshall, Lee County Veterans Service Officer ([email protected]), and Dawn Marshall ([email protected]); office 979-540-2733, fax 512-519-2686. "Please call for an appointment": Lee County Courthouse Annex, 898 East Richmond, Suite 104B, Giddings, TX 78942. The page lists help with DD-214 forms and military discharges, disability and compensation claims, the VA health care card and medical benefits, widows' benefits, local nursing homes and the State Veterans Homes, and funeral benefits, and gives the Texas Veterans Commission (512-823-4080) and the VA (1-800-827-1000) for immediate help. The office files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). TexVet's county list names Crystal Smith and Alan Smith, at (979) 212-1078 with the office's [email protected] address. How the county funds it. General Fund department 0405, "Veteran's Office", is $79,965 in the FY2027 budget (October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027) adopted September 14, 2026: a part-time line of $55,185 for the officer (32 hours a week, with a $600 telephone allowance) and an assistant officer (15 hours a week), overtime $3,000, payroll taxes $4,572, retirement $6,174, conferences and training $2,700, and supplies, equipment, service agreements, mileage and miscellaneous lines. FY2026 budgeted $78,067, with $57,274.86 spent by the budget's cut-off; FY2025 spent $75,034.67 and FY2024, before the post went to two part-time positions, $37,653.49. A grant fund left idle. Fund 4070, the "Veteran County Service Office Grant", carried $20,000 in FY2026, transferred from the General Fund, for elderly care ($8,000), technology assistance ($5,000), fuel and vehicle repairs ($5,000), office supplies and public notices; nothing was spent, and the FY2027 budget lists the fund as inactive with no money. Reports. The office reported to the Commissioners Court on December 8, 2025 (see the Court's entry).