David Noak is a fourth-generation member of Hermann Sons Life and is an active member and past president of Rutersville Lodge in Fayette County.

He served more than 25 years in the U.S. Air Force. After returning to La Grange, he served two terms as mayor and four years as a county commissioner.

He then went to work for the Texas Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management. He retired in 2017 as a district coordinator responsible for advising mayors and county judges on all issues pertaining to disaster preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation.

He holds anAssociate of Science degree in mid-management from Vernon Regional Junior College and a Bachelor of Science degree in occupational education with a business administration major from Wayland Baptist University.

He and his late wife Mary have two children and seven grandchildren. All of their children and grandchildren are Hermann Sons Life members.