AACFAMILY & FRIENDS
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Opposite page: State Rep. Michelle Gray and Izard County Judge Da- vid Sherrell stop in the old vault at the courthouse. This page, left: Iz- ard County Assessor Tammy Sanders shows Gray and Sherrell records indicating the assessed property value in the county has grown from $65 million to $169 million in the last 22 years. Top: Gray and Sherrell stand outside the Izard County Courthouse in Melbourne. Bottom: Izard County Sheriff Tate Lawrence discusses the history of the jail with Sher- rell and Gray.
trict 62 (Izard County and parts of Sharp, Stone and Indepen- dence counties) in the state House of Representatives, the two have shared an open dialogue. Teirs is a particularly open dia- logue because Gray lives in Melbourne and can be at the Izard County Courthouse more readily. “I wouldn’t know what all the county needs without talking to him,” Gray said. “Tere are times he’ll call and tell me about a problem that I had no idea about, and I can contact the right people at the state to facilitate change much quicker.” Sherrell said he is grateful to have a good relationship with his legislator. “If you didn’t have that, you’d be talking to a wall when you called down there to Little Rock,” he said. “She’s in touch with our problems here, and she tries to help on that end.”
COUNTY LINES, SUMMER 2016
Izard County is a class 2 county with a population right at 13,700. Te three largest towns are Melbourne, the county seat; Horseshoe Bend, a resort retirement community; and Calico Rock, which sits on the bluffs of the White River. Sherrell, who also has lived in Melbourne his entire life, is serv- ing his third term as county judge. Gray is running unopposed for her second term in the House. Sherrell’s wife works as a nurse practitioner at the medical clinic owned by Gray and her hus- band. And Gray’s three children like to go fish in Sherrell’s pond. “We text and call each other all the time,” Gray said. And Gray said all the state legislators are open to communica- tions from county officials in their districts.
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