WilCo Veteran Service Officer Honored

ROUND ROCK, TX — Sherry Golden, Williamson County’s Veterans Service Officer, has been honored with the Regional Outstanding Service Officer of the Year Award for 2018-2019 for the Central Texas Region, officials said.

Golden was presented the award during Tuesday’s Commissioners Court meeting by Tom Belton, president of the Veterans County Service Officers Association of Texas and director of Veteran Services for Tarrant County. The award is given in recognition of outstanding service to the veterans of Texas as voted on by fellow veterans service officers from across Texas.

Tom Belton, former assistant veterans service officer in Williamson County when Golden started as a receptionist in that office, lauded her accomplishments: “She has blossomed into an amazing veterans service officer and an amazing director, and that has not gone unseen,” Belton said in a prepared statement.

Added Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell: “It is impressive to me that someone can start as a receptionist in an office and with good training, good education, and good support from this court, can lead that office to not only to be a model in Williamson County, but a model in Texas. Our veterans are made better because of your service.”

Williamson County Veterans Service offices provide eligible veterans, dependents, and survivors direct and general support and assistance in obtaining all benefits to which they are entitled from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, State of Texas and Williamson County. Veterans Services is by appointment only. To make an appointment, call the Veterans Services front desk at (512) 943-1900. In-person appointments also can be made at the Veterans Services office, 100 Wilco Way, Suite V101, in Georgetown, Texas, during regular office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

To learn more about Veterans Services, visit https://www.wilco.org/vetservices

— Williamson County