Home Town Heroes Cynthia Herrin

I’m married to Stephanie Jones. We’ve been married for 20 years. We have two sons, Corbin and Tyson Jones.

What made you decide to serve Cleburne County?

I’ve always had a servants heart in some form. I do get paid to work for the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Department. I’m also serve on the Heber Springs School Board, on my local volunteer fire department, and on the Cleburne County Search and Rescue. When I’m not busy with all of those things, I coach little league baseball and pee wee football. It’s not about me most of the time, or any of the time, it’s about trying to make a

Probably the most challenging thing, but also the most rewarding to me, is interaction with the staff and interaction with all of the law enforcement agencies that work in the county.

My favorite quote is kinda my own… “We have to use todays time today”. We can’t get anything back from yesterday, last week, or last month…whatever time we

What do you find most challenging about being the

It’s me, my mom and dad, and my little sister.

What got you interested in this line of work?

I just really wanted to help people. Since I graduated high school it’s what I wanted to do. I want to be a nurse and being an EMT is a nice segue into

I don’t have just one hero in my life. I’ve met a lot of people that helped me pursue my goals more than I had before. My buddies Carter and Butler, whom I met at AIT at Fort Sam Houston, really motivated me to get through the training and decide my career path.

What do you find most rewarding about being an

I enjoy coming to work each shift. Some people don’t get that luxury, but I really do enjoy coming to

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