Meet George Edwards Jr.

George Edwards, Jr., is a US Army veteran who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern Mississippi with a BS in Accounting. He is a certified public accountant and retired from Exxon Mobil Corporation in January 2020 after 39 years of service. Mr. Edwards is a deacon at Second Baptist Church, Katy.

In 1995, he was elected to the Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District Board of Trustees, where he served the community as vice president of the board. From 1999-2010, Mr. Edwards served on the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors as a member of the Board of Directors, a member of the Commission for Lawyer Discipline, Chair of the Law-Focused Education Committee and a trustee of the Texas Bar Foundation, where he was Chair of the Investment Committee. Mr. Edwards was Chair of Leadership Houston Class XXI where he was awarded the prestigious Patrice Johnson Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2003. While employed with ExxonMobil, Mr. Edwards received the Corporate Leadership Award from the Minerals Management Service for ensuring the highest standards in Federal and Indian oil and gas royalty reporting. He is a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Energy Capital Credit Union and currently serves as the chair if its Asset Liability Committee. He serves as Trustee on the Board of Trustees of the Neuhaus Education Center, an organization that supports reading programs for children. He was elected to the Towne Lake Homeowners Association Board of Directors in June 2022. George and his wife, DeBra are the parents of three sons. The love of their lives is their 13-year-old granddaughter.