Oktibbeha County Veteran Service Officer (Patricia Hopson), Starkville

Oktibbeha County’s Veteran Service Officer, Patricia Hopson, helps veterans and families with VA claims and appeals from 106 W Main Street, Suite 1, Starkville (662-323-6155), Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; the part-time office reported 105 interviews and 98 claims or appeals in the first five months of 2026.

Also called: CVSO, VSO, County Veteran Service Officer, Patricia Hopson, Veterans Affairs, 662-323-6155, 106 W Main Street, claims, appeals, VA Resource Fair, The Moving Wall, Mississippi Veterans Affairs, Starkville, Maben, Sturgis, Mississippi State, Longview, Adaton, Bradley, Osborn.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

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Oktibbeha County, MSCounty

The office. The county's Veterans Affairs page: "106 W Main Street, Suite 1, Starkville, MS 39759. Phone: 662-323-6155. Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm." Mississippi Veterans Affairs' list still gives "Main Courthouse 2nd Floor, 101 East Main Street, Starkville, MS 39759", with the same phone; go by the county's page and call first. Who. The Board of Supervisors reappointed "Veterans Service Officer: Patricia Hopson for the 2026 calendar year" on January 5, 2026. The work. Her report to the Board of June 22, 2026 gave year-to-date figures of "105 interviews, 269 calls, 98 claims/appeals", a new claims database "to track veteran resources by Supervisor District", a VA Resource Fair on April 11, 2026 run with Mississippi State University's veteran service officer, and plans to host "The Moving Wall", the half-scale Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica, in May 2027. The Board approved her report. The hours. The office runs on a 25-hour week. At the September 11, 2026 budget hearing she presented a $43,058 budget for the office ($1,172 less than FY 2026) and asked for 30 hours a week or full time; the County Administrator's workload analysis found the 25 hours sufficient, a supervisor noted talks with Mississippi State University's Veterans Affairs office about joint staffing, and the Board acknowledged the report without changing the hours. The service is free; see the Mississippi entry on county veterans service officers (section 35-3-3).

Thresholds

Thresholds for Oktibbeha County Veteran Service Officer (Patricia Hopson), Starkville
Gate	Rule
Oktibbeha County veterans and their families	Free claims help on weekday mornings; no rating is needed to call.

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Last updated 2026-11-06.

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