Sam Forse Collins (June 9, 1928 – November 3, 2021) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member in the

Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abou ...

from 1959 to 1964.

Life and career

Collins was born in

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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, the son of Sam Cody Collins and Onie Lelee Forse. He grew up in Newton, Texas. Following his graduation from Newton High School, Collins attended

Stephen F. Austin State University } Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) is a public university in Nacogdoches, Texas. It was founded as a teachers' college in 1923 and subsequennly renamed after one of Texas's founding fathers, Stephen F. Austin. Its campus resides on part ...

and

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

, graduating from the latter. He was married to Doris Shofner (died 1955) and Sue Johnson. Besides his position in the

, Collins worked for the Sabine River Authority for 35 years, where he served as a general manager, and was a local sports announcer and historian. Collins died November 3, 2021, in Newton, Texas.Sam Forse Collins obituary
'' The Beaumont Enterprise'', 5–6 Nov 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-29.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Sam Forse 1928 births 2021 deaths Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives Politicians from New Orleans