Lori Ann Jones-White-Collins was born in Marshall, Texas on August 10, 1961, to the late Benjamin Haynes Jr. and Arjera Fitzpatrick-Jones. She confessed Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at an early age and was baptized at Peoples Missionary Baptist Church in Marshall and was later united with Northside Church of Christ in Carthage, Texas.

She graduated from Marshall High School in 1979 and furthered her studies at Panola Jr. College for her Nurses Assistant Certification in 1980. Next, she attended Kilgore Jr. College for her Medication Administration Certification (1988), and then Draughnon Training Institute (1989) for certification as a Medical Clerk. With this training, she worked at Suburban Acres Nursing Center for 10 years, and Sabine Valley Center for 5½ years. Her culminating employment years were spent at Willoughby Juvenile Detention Center where she was the Detention Supervisor. On October 31, 2016, she was able to announce that after 21 years, she was able to retire.

On the night of July 16, 2025, Lori Ann Jones-White-Collins was called home and passed away peacefully.

Preceding her in death is her mother, Arjera Fitpatrick-Jones, and father, Benjamin Haynes Jr.; brothers, Ronald and Anderson (Jr.) Jones; sisters, Myrtis Stroger and Susan Jones.

She leaves to cherish her precious memories, her husband, Samuel E. Collins; children LaQueshia White (Wilbert Brannen), Herisha (Artis Jr.) Anderson and their father Herbert White; Stepchildren, Darius Gates, LaShonda Collins, Eric Collins, Daija Collins (Deshun Williams); grandchildren, Innocence (Kendrick) Miles, Cameron White, Artis O. Anderson, Peyton Brannen; and 4 great-grandchildren whom she loved dearly. Her siblings that remain to reminisce of her loving spirit include sisters, Sandra (Gene) Dozier, Ethel Lean (Albert) Jernigan, Anna Dean Jones, Reta Jones, Sonya Jones, and brother Bobby (Patreecia) Jones. Also left to cherish her memories are a host of nieces, nephews, sisters-in-law, and friends.