Prairie Grove Council Fills Alderman Vacancy

LYNN KUTTER ENTERPRISE-LEADER Tamra Noe of Prairie Grove takes the oath of office from Mayor Sonny Hudson to become a new member of Prairie Grove City Council.
LYNN KUTTER ENTERPRISE-LEADER Tamra Noe of Prairie Grove takes the oath of office from Mayor Sonny Hudson to become a new member of Prairie Grove City Council.

PRAIRIE GROVE -- Arvest Bank employee and Prairie Grove resident Tamra Noe was appointed to Prairie Grove City Council on Monday night to fill Casey Copeland's position.

Copeland resigned in March because of time constraints, both personally and professionally, he said Monday.

"I'm going in too many directions. I didn't feel like I was doing the citizens any good," said Copeland, who has served as the Ward 1, Position 4 Council member since fall 2011.

Noe, who lives in Ward 1, is a Prairie Grove native and graduated from Prairie Grove High School in 1998. She attended the University of Arkansas and began working for Arvest Bank in Fayetteville. The job turned into a career, she said.

Noe has worked for Arvest for 16 years and currently is the ERP Product Manager for the bank at its Operations Center in Lowell. She worked with Arvest in Prairie Grove for about eight years as human resource manager.

Noe is active in the community through Arvest and previously served as bank sponsor for Prairie Grove Junior Bank Board. She also helped organize teacher appreciation cookouts for area small schools.

She is married and has two children. Their oldest daughter attends Prairie Grove Middle School and her youngest daughter will start kindergarten in Prairie Grove in the fall.

Mayor Sonny Hudson said he talked to several people in trying to find someone living in Ward 1 who would be interested in serving on the City Council.

Noe has a banking background and is active in the community, Hudson said.

She is interested in city government and Hudson said he looks forward to her serving on the Council.

General News on 05/17/2017