BRAZOS CO. COMMISSIONER/BUSINESSMAN CATALENA DIES

  

A Brazos County Commissioner and longtime businessman has died.

Sammy Catalena died at his home Tuesday. He was 72.

Catalena was the owner of Catalena Hatters and the Texas Rose Boutique, the Sammy Catalena Rodeo and Livestock Company, and a family ranching operation.

He also served as Precinct 2 Brazos County Commissioner since January 2011.

Catalena served as vice-chairman of the board for the Producer's Cooperative Association and also served a as a board member of the Brazos County Farm Bureau, the Farm Service Agency Committee, and as chairman of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Contest Committee.

Catalena also served as a medic in the U.S. Army’s 9th Infantry Division, where he served during the Vietnam War.

Funeral arrangements are pending.