district religion children birth_place party state_house birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title name occupation alma_mater
15th southern baptist aaron christopher bragg place of birth missing republican arkansas 1950 january 2013 sheridan , grant county arkansas , usa beverly j. bragg ken bragg
 kenneth wayne `` ken '' bragg forester stephen f. austin state university
ken bragg

kenneth wayne bragg , known as ken bragg -lrb- born 1950 -rrb- , has been since january 2013 a republican member of the arkansas house of representatives for district 15 in grant county , a traditional democratic stronghold in south arkansas .
he is a former member of the city council in sheridan .
he is southern baptist .
bragg is the son of the late mr. and mrs. l. c. bragg of port arthur , texas .
in 1972 , bragg received a bachelor of science degree in forestry from stephen f. austin state university in nacogdoches , texas .
he has since that time been employed in the forestry industry , including a 25-year commitment to international paper company .
in 2006 , he joined resource management service , in which capacity he oversees forest management activities on 300,000 acres in arkansas .
he is a member of the executive committee of the arkansas forestry association .
in 2013 , the arkansas timber producers association named bragg `` legislator of the year '' for his sponsorship of legislation to eliminate the sales tax on forestry equipment , a move which the association contends will make the timber industry more competitive with its counterparts in surrounding states .
bragg and his wife , beverly j. bragg -lrb- born 1951 -rrb- , originally from port arthur , texas , have a son , aaron christopher bragg -lrb- born 1977 -rrb- , a certified public accountant in little rock , who in 2013 wed the assistant u.s. attorney allison courtney waldrip .
the braggs also have a daughter with the married name peacock .
