New VZC jail administrator ready to lead

Responding to an ad that she read in the Canton Herald in the late 1990’s was the start of a career change for new Van Zandt County Jail Administrator Wendy Boles.

“I started working here in 1998 when Bill Dean was the sheriff,” recalled Boles. “I loved it. I worked as a jailer and then became sergeant at the jail.”

Boles did leave in 2001 to start a pipeline company in Cleburne with her husband at that time, David Moseley, but nine years later, in November, 2010, Moseley passed away.

“In 2011, I sold the company,” pointed out Boles. “My dad was in bad health at the time and I moved back to Canton to be closer to my dad and my family and I have been in Canton ever since.”

Boles returned to the VZC Sheriff’s Department in 2013 when Lindsay Ray was the sheriff. “I worked as a jailer at first,” said Boles. “A few months later, I became a sergeant and a few months after that, I became a lieutenant.” She was named as the new jail administrator last month after applying for the position.

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