Brady Mayor Pro-Tem Latricia Doyal opened the July 16 regular meeting of the Brady City Council and quickly turned to the sixth item on the agenda - canceling the special election and declaring unopposed candidate Tony Groves Mayor of Brady, effective immediately.

Groves, a Texas A&M Graduate (engineering), spent 30 years on active duty in the US Air Force. Col. Groves is a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict, Cold War and First Gulf War. After Retirement from active duty, Groves spent 12 years teaching military science at Texas A&M University.

His father and mother, Warren and Juanita Groves, are long-time Brady residents. Tony and his wife Janice move to Brady in 2011. They have two children, Holly (who lives in Brady) and Adam (stationed at Sheppard Air Force base in Wichita Falls, Tx.)