Steve Bryles

Steve Bryles represented Senate District 15, which includes Mississippi and Poinsett counties, in the Arkansas Senate 2001-2011. Elected in 2000 in his first venture into politics, Bryles defeated state representative Joe Harris. His committee memberships included Public Education; Agriculture, Economic Development and Forestry; Joint Budget, and Legislative Council. Bryles worked to establish the Great River Economic Development Foundation. In 2011, Bryles was appointed deputy director of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and then became director of the commission. == Personal life ==

Born in Piggott, Arkansas, Bryles attended public schools in Star City, Osceola and Blytheville and majored in agricultural economics at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He had more than 27 years of experience in the cotton industry. A member of the First Presbyterian Church in Blytheville, Bryles was married to Pamela and had one son and two daughters. Bryles died of cancer in 2012 aged 55. == References ==