Citizen
YEAR OF
THE
by Caylie Howard | photos courtesy of Ginger Eads
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o earn an award as prestigious as Citizen of the Year, the individual is required to have gone above and beyond for their community as a whole. It is a title to be honored and celebrated. The tumultuous year that was 2020 held many difficult and trying times for the world, which is why there is no one more deserving of this award than Ginger Eads.
“I wanted to raise my kids on my own
Ginger grew up in the small town of Brownwood, Texas. It was there that her small-town values and roots for serving her community were founded.
For the first 14 years of her owning her
“That’s just what you do. Civic involvement and volunteering make small towns work.”
her home so that she could also focus on
From Ginger’s early years, she was surrounded by a strong circle of hard-working women. Both of her grandmothers held fulfilling careers -- one as the owner of a grocery store and the other as a secretary. Her mother, after having Ginger at 20 years old, went to college, received her degree, and became a teacher. It was from these ladies that she learned the value of being a hard worker. “It’s one of my greatest strengths.” Ginger attended Howard Payne University and graduated as valedictorian with an accounting degree. It was in her junior year that she met her husband, Denton County Judge Andy Eads. The happy couple has been together for 27 years. “I knew immediately that I wanted to marry him. I found someone that matched my strong personality and I liked it,” she said. “He was someone who I could talk to about a wide variety of things.” After graduation, both Ginger and Andy spent a year recruiting for Howard Payne University. This gave Ginger the time to study for her CPA exam. After getting married in 1993, Ginger and Andy moved to Lewisville. Ginger worked in Dallas and Lewisville before starting her own firm in 1997. 24 | FLOWER MOUND TOWN LIFE | MAY 2021
schedule.” By opening her own firm,
Ginger was able to stay home and raise
her three children, Everett (21), Addison (19), and Caroline (14).
own small business, Ginger operated from being a full-time mom. When Caroline started kindergarten, the opportunity
arose for Ginger to move her office to
Parker Square. This was ideal for Ginger, seeing as she would be working closely
with her largest client, The Flower Mound Chamber of Commerce. This gave her
the opportunity to assist in the day-to-day financial operations of the Chamber.
“I love helping small businesses, and I love helping the Chamber help small
businesses. It works.” More importantly, Ginger prides herself on being a very involved parent. “Since the kids were little, I’ve always been very involved
in everything they did. Whether it was
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