W. Raymond Collins | |
State House: | Kentucky |
District: | 91st |
Term End: | 1972 |
Term Start: | 1970 |
Preceded: | Enoch Oliver Holbrook |
Succeeded: | Chester Jones |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1911 |
Birth Place: | Tillie, Kentucky, U.S. |
Death Place: | Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Education: | Oscaloosa High School Morehead State University |
Parents: | George Washington Collins Mary Jane Brown |
Willie Raymond Collins (November 5, 1911 – July 26, 1994)[1] was an American educator, Old Regular Baptist minister, and politician who was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1970 to 1972. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Tillie in Letcher County, Kentucky, Collins was a descendant of John Quincy Brown, the first schoolteacher in Letcher County. He graduated from Oscaloosa High School and attended Morehead State University. After graduating, he was employed as a schoolteacher in the Letcher County Public School District. He served two years in the U.S. Army during World War II. Collins was defeated in a race for a seat in the Kentucky Senate in 1967.[2] In 1969, he was elected to a seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives, defeating incumbent Enoch Oliver Holbrook.[3] He served until 1972.
Collins died on July 26, 1994, after suffering a stroke.