BRUCE COLLINS OF LIVINGSTON TEXAS, WAS BORN FEBRUARY 21, 1952 IN HOUSTON TEXAS AND PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 IN HOUSTON TEXAS AFTER SUBCOMING TO HIS COURAGOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER: CHARLES KENNETH COLLINS, HIS MOTHER: DOROTHY EUELINE WHITE COLLINS, BROTHER: THOMAS ALLEN COLLINS, SISTER IN LAW: CHARLOTTE COLLINS AND NEPHEW: JUSTIN COLLINS.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER AND HER HUSBAND: SHEILA AND JAMES ANCELET OF SULPHER, LA, BROTHER AND HIS WIFE: CHARLES AND KATHY COLLINS OF HUTTO, TX, BROTHER AND HIS WIFE: RANDY AND CONNIE COLLINS OF HEWITT, TX, BROTHER AND HIS WIFE: TROY AND CHRISTINA COLLINS OF RYE, TX, AND NUMBEROUS NEICES AND NEPHEWS AND FAMILY.

BRUCE WAS A VERY LOVING BROTHER AND FRIEND TO ALL. HE KEPT A VERY POSITVE ATTITUDE AND HE ENJOYED HELPING THOSE IN WHICH HE COULD, HE HAD A GREAT LOVE OF ALL ANIMALS AND THE OUTDOORS.

THE FAMILY WILL OBSERVE A CELEBRATION OF LIFE IN REMEMBERANCE OF BRUCE ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 AT HIS BROTHER TROY'S HOME IN RYE.

HE WAS A PROUD VETERAN HAVING SERVED IN BOTH THE US ARMY AND THE US NAVY.  HIS MEDICAL CARE AT MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER IN HOUSTON TEXAS WAS STELLAR.

THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFFS FOR THE CARING AND PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT THAT HE RECEIVED IN THE PALATIVE CARE UNIT, HARBOUR HOSPICE, AND PINERIDGE HEALTHCARE. ALL SHOWED SUCH COMPASSION TO BRUCE AND OUR FAMILY.