O. B. Lockhart

District: 1

Counties: Lee, Scott, Wise, Dickenson, Russell, Buchanan and Tazewell

O.B. Lockhart was elected District 1 Director of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation in 1999. Lockhart operates a burley tobacco and beef cattle operation in Russell County.

A retired school teacher, he has served on the Russell County Farm Bureau Board of Directors for the past 8 years and is currently the legislative director for the county. He also serves as chairman of the Farm Bureau Burley Tobacco Committee and as board member of Tobio LLC.

Lockhart has also served as chairman of the board for Southern States Russell County Cooperative and as chairman of the board for his local Farm Service Agency.