Oklahoma Farm Bureau members elected two new state board members on Saturday, Nov. 9, during the organization’s 83rd annual meeting in Oklahoma City.
Jimmy Taylor of Roger Mills County was elected to serve as the new District 2 director. He will serve a three-year term representing Beckham, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Kiowa, Jackson, Roger Mills, Tillman and Washita counties.
Taylor and his wife, Tracy, own a cow-calf operation where they raise 600 angus females on 12,000 acres in Cheyenne.
As the grandson of OKFB’s first president, Taylor is no stranger to Farm Bureau and has been involved in the organization since 1982 when he was first elected to his county board.
“Oklahoma Farm Bureau is very important to Oklahoma agriculture and to my operation,” Taylor said. “I have diversified experience in different areas, and I wanted the opportunity to give back to the industry and to Farm Bureau.”
Gary Crawley of Pittsburg County will return to the OKFB board of directors after being elected to serve a three-year term as District 5 director. He will represent Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain, Pittsburg and Pushmataha counties.
“I previously served nine years on the state board, and I really enjoyed it,” Crawley said. “We were in a position where we got a lot of things accomplished, and I just feel like I’ve got a little bit more to do.”
Crawley and his wife, Wilma, run a cow-calf operation near Savannah. Crawley also serves on the Oklahoma Conservation Commission where he represents Area 5.
