Tyler County Veterans Service Office (Amy Lambre), with Van Rides to Houston

The office. Veterans Service Officer Amy Lambre and V.A. Office Assistant Martha Kimbrough, 201 Veterans Way, Suite 200 (the Emergency Operations Center), Woodville, TX 75979; office 409-283-3751, van scheduling 409-283-2493, fax 409-283-2942; [email protected]. The office files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). TexVet's county list still names Ellen Craig, with [email protected]. The van. The page gives a separate number for van scheduling, and on August 17, 2026, presenting the office's report on February to July 2026, Lambre told the Commissioners Court the office serves about 30 veterans a month (180 in six months), counting some 2,000 veterans in Tyler County among those it serves, "along with several Jasper County veterans utilizing transportation with van rides to Houston." Call 409-283-2493 to book a ride; the site does not post a schedule or who may ride. A new officer, chosen as a veteran. On November 10, 2025 the Court accepted the resignation of Veterans Service Officer Tina Cleberg, Judge Milton Powers noting "that per the statutes, that a veteran is preferred for that position." On December 18, 2025 it adopted "a VSO Hiring Policy giving preference to Veterans in the selection process per Government Code, Title 4, Subtitle C, Chapter 434." On January 29, 2026 it appointed Lambre, effective February 4, 2026, from five candidates who were all veterans. Introducing herself on February 9, she said she is a veteran who had worked as an AmeriCorps VISTA outreach coordinator for women veterans and their families. On June 8, 2026 the Court renewed Panoramic Software so the office can work remotely. How the county funds it. General Fund department 405, "Veterans Service", is $90,029 in the 2027 final budget (the county's year is the calendar year): $75,398 of salaries, $5,768 of Social Security, $5,263 of retirement, $1,100 of office supplies, $1,500 of training and $1,000 for vehicles.