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Nancy Adams Collins | |
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| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 6th district | |
| In office January 12, 2011 –January 5, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Alan Nunnelee [1] |
| Succeeded by | Chad McMahan [2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 10,1947 |
| Political party | Republican |
Nancy Adams Collins (born November 10,1947) is an American politician in the Mississippi State Senate. [3]
Nancy Adams Collins graduated from Tupelo High School and holds a BS degree in Speech Therapy from Mississippi University for Women and in Nursing from Itawamba Community College. She and her husband Jim,retired president and vice-chairman of BancorpSouth,are the parents of four children and have six grandchildren.
Nancy Adams Collins is the founding president of Sanctuary Hospice house,which was named by Congress as a National Demonstration Project. In 2008,her advocacy efforts earned her the Jefferson Award for Public Service,the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Public Service and the Governor's Award for Volunteer Service.
In January 2011,Nancy Collins was elected to Mississippi State Senate,representing District Six after the position was vacated by Alan Nunelle,following his election to US Congress representing Mississippi's First District. She currently serves as chairman of the Senate Accountability,Efficiency and Transparency Committee and serves as vice chairman of the Education Committee. She is a member of the Agriculture,Appropriations,Forestry,Public Health and Welfare,and Veterans and Military Affairs committees. She also serves as a legislative advisor to the State Personnel Board and she has served as Chairman and vice chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Performance,Evaluation and Expenditure Review,commonly known as the PEER Committee. On August 4,2015 Sen. Nancy Collins,R-Tupelo,was upset by Guntown Alderman Chad McMahan.
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