Sam Dawson has lived in Tyler, Texas for 28 years with his wife Kay - they have two children, Shannon, 28 and Trent 25. Shannon is gainfully employed at Trinity Mother Francis Hospital and Trent will hopefully be a college graduate in August 2002. Kay is an English instructor at Tyler Junior College and is the chief Executive Officer of the Family.
When Kay's husband graduated from Baylor in 1969, Sam expected to be drafted by the New York Yankees as a centerfielder to replace Mickey Mantle.
Unfortunately, that never occurred, but with the Ranger's pitching staff going south last year, Sam is still hopeful of being called up as a relief pitcher this summer. (He is hopeful EVERY summer.) Anyway, after 5 years in Tulsa, Sam and Kay returned to Tyler where Sam found steady work at Southside
Bank. Sam serves as President of the Bank and is active in several area organizations such as Camp Tyler Foundation, CASA for Kids, and ETMC.
Sam started bass fishing at age 4 and has just celebrated his golden anniversary in the sport this past year. He has met a lot of nice folks and cleaned a lot of beautiful fish, but most of all he enjoys getting up early in the morning- and watching the sun come up on the lake - there is where he sees the face of God.
