Mississippi County (Arkansas) Veteran Service Officer

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. Mississippi County's page: the officer "performs administrative work in advising armed forces veterans and dependents of benefits available under federal, state, and local laws", files and processes claims, "Assists pensioned Veterans and Widows in completing their annual income and medical expense reporting requirements", helps widows and widowers with VA death benefits and veterans with home loan eligibility letters, and "When possible, the County Veterans Service Officer visits Veterans and/or their surviving spouses in their homes or institutions, for claim assistance, when they are unable to visit the office in person." Who and where. The county's page: Samuel Bibbs, Veteran's Service Officer, (870) 278-9295 (cell), [email protected], Courthouse Annex Building in Blytheville, at the corner of Chickasawba and N. Fifth Street. The Department of Veterans Affairs' county finder (last updated August 19, 2026) lists him at 500 Chickasawba St., Blytheville, AR 72315, Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with David Ladd as assistant and the email [email protected]; the two emails differ, so call first. Neither names an office in Osceola. Mississippi is in the Department's District 3, whose District Veterans Service Officer is Ric Bolton in Salem, (870) 253-9767.