Education
Born in Brookhaven, Mississippi, Sample received a Bachelor from Millsaps College, an Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University, and a Doctor of Divinity from Coe College.
Born in Brookhaven, Mississippi, Sample received a Bachelor from Millsaps College, an Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University, and a Doctor of Divinity from Coe College.
He has published four books about the working class. A former cab driver, laborer, and oil field roustabout, he is currently a freelance speaker and consultant based in greater Kansas City, Missouri. A much sought-after lecturer, storyteller, workshop leader and consultant, Tex is a contributor to the Digital Video Disc programs in the Living the Questions series. His father named him after Texanna Gillham, an African-American woman who was born in slavery and helped raise his father near Center, Texas.