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{{Infobox person
| name=Keith Wayne Babb
(Television broadcaster turned rancher and auctioneer)
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_date= March 1, 1944
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Ouachita Parish, [[Louisiana]]
| alumni=[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]<br>
Superior School of Auctioneering (Decatur, [[Illinois]])
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| spouse=Carolyn Ladner Babb
| parents= Keith Franklin and Bessie Mavis Hooks Babb
| children=Keith Bryan Babb<br>
Keena Babb Antley <br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Reverend Keith Franklin Babb<br>
Bessie Mavis Hooks Babb
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| website=http://www.keithbabbauctions.com/
}}
'''Keith Wayne Babb''' (born March 1, 1944)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/keith-babb/e22992322530|title=Keith Babb (Wayne)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 16, 2020}}</ref> is the principal auctioneer of American Quarter Horses, having sold more than 40,000 horses at auctions in 28 states in a career exceeding 40 years. Babb resides on a 400-acre ranch near [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]].
==Background==
Babb father, Keith Franklin Babb (1915-2005), was a native of Malvern in Hot Spring County, [[Arkansas]] (not to be confused with Hot Springs, Arkansas). For fifty years, the senior Babb was a pastor of [[Southern Baptist]] churches in southern Arkansas and North Louisiana, including Marion in Union Parish and after 1952 in Bastrop in Morehouse Parish.<ref name=reverendbabb>{{cite web|url=http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/newspapers/obits/nov05dn.htm|title=Reverend Keith F. Babb|publisher=''[[The News-Star|The Monroe News-Star]]''|date=November 2005|accessdate=February 2, 2015}}</ref> His mother, the former Bessie Mavis Hooks (1917-2009),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=Bessie+Mavis&gsln=Babb&msypn__ftp=Monroe%2C+Ouachita%2C+Louisiana%2C+USA&msypn=34329&msypn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C3246%7C21%7C0%7C2270%7C34329%7C0%7C&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=Bessie Mavis Hooks Babb|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 2, 2015}}</ref> was a teacher. While he was a boy living in Bastrop, Babb listened to [[radio]] station KTRY and became fascinated with the weekly Monday broadcast of livestock auctions.<ref name=deltabusiness/>
Babb has two children by his late wife, Carolyn Ladner Babb (1941-2017), a son, Keith Bryan Babb (born July 1973) and his wife, the former Alisa Leighton; and a daughter, Keena Babb Antley and her husband, Robert Myatt Antley.<ref name=reverendbabb/> Babb is an active [[deacon]] at Lakeshore Baptist Church in Monroe and a former trustee of the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home. He is a past president of the Greater Monroe Optimist Club.<ref name=babbassociates/>
==Career==
Babb procured a degree in [[journalism]] from the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]] and is a former president of the ULL Alumni Association. In 1966, he attended the Superior School of Auctioneering in Decatur, [[Illinois]].<ref name=babbassociates/> He also worked for the former KNOE Radio and KNOE Television, the [[CBS]] affiliate in Monroe, both founded by former [[Governor]] [[James A. Noe]]. With Jack E. McCall (1926-1994), Babb was for several years the co-host of the KNOE ''Good Morning Ark-La-Miss'' program.<ref name=deltabusiness/> Babb is a director of Bank One Corporation of Louisiana.<ref name=babbassociates>{{cite web|url=http://www.keithbabbauctions.com/company.php|title=Keith Babb and Associates|publisher=keithbabbauctions.com|accessdate=February 2, 2015}}</ref>
In 1971, Babb, known for his rich [[baritone]] voice,<ref name=auctioneer/> became a full-time auctioneer handling the sale of [[real estate]], farm machinery, and business liquidations to remain financially solvent. Then while reading through a trade magazine, he spotted an advertisement for an auctioneer of [[horse]]s. This quickly became his passion.<ref name=deltabusiness/>
In 2004, Babb was inducted into the National Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame.<ref name=deltabusiness/> In 2015, he won the "Special Recognition Award" from the American Quarter Horse Racing Council, which was presented in ceremonies in [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]. The award came with a custom-made cowboy [[hat]] and a hand-tooled [[saddle]] made in [[Brazil]]. According to the AQHA ''Q-Racing Journal,'' Babb is "considered the premier auctioneer in the country for American Quarter Horses."<ref name=auctioneer/> The AQHA is headquartered in [[Amarillo]], [[Texas]].
Among the horses Babb has auctioned were First Down Dash and Mr Jess Perry, as well as record-setting Queen For Cash ($1.125 million in 1982) and Tempting Dash ( $1.7 million in 2013).<ref name=auctioneer/> With Tempting Dash, Babb broke his own record from more than three decades earlier with Queen for Cash.<ref name=deltabusiness>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thenewsstar.com/misc/DBus%20Dec%202013/Delta%20Business%20Dec%201013/assets/basic-html/page28.html|title=Hall of Fame auctioneer gets record price for quarter horse|publisher=''Delta Business''|pages=28–29|date=October 2013|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref>
On August 1, 2008, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Babb, a [[Republican Party|Republican]] to the 13-member Louisiana Racing Commission, which regulates horse racing in the state. The commission was established in 1940 and is based in [[New Orleans]]. Babb is the member for Louisiana's 5th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=405|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Appointments to the Louisiana Racing Commission|date=August 1, 2008|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://horseracing.louisiana.gov/about.html|title=About the Louisiana Racing Commission|publisher=horseracing.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref>
Though Babb had planned to retire in 2014 at the age of seventy, he kept receiving calls to return to the auction stand: "I've been selling horses for forty years coast to coast, and I don't want to die on the road. I'm determined to retire, but right now I guess you could say I'm semi-retired. ..."<ref name=auctioneer>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/01/31/golden-voice-auctioneer-keith-babb-honored/22628297/
|title=Golden voice: Auctioneer Keith Babb honored|author=Greg Hilburn|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=January 31, 2015|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref> Babb added, "The road isn't as fun as it used to be. I don't want to die on the auction stand. But the big thing is, I don't want anyone to say, 'I wish that old man had retired a couple of years ago.' I'd like to go out on top."<ref name=deltabusiness/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Babb, Keith}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Television]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Ranchers]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
| name=Keith Wayne Babb
(Television broadcaster turned rancher and auctioneer)
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_date= March 1, 1944
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Ouachita Parish, [[Louisiana]]
| alumni=[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]<br>
Superior School of Auctioneering (Decatur, [[Illinois]])
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| spouse=Carolyn Ladner Babb
| parents= Keith Franklin and Bessie Mavis Hooks Babb
| children=Keith Bryan Babb<br>
Keena Babb Antley <br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Reverend Keith Franklin Babb<br>
Bessie Mavis Hooks Babb
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| website=http://www.keithbabbauctions.com/
}}
'''Keith Wayne Babb''' (born March 1, 1944)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/keith-babb/e22992322530|title=Keith Babb (Wayne)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 16, 2020}}</ref> is the principal auctioneer of American Quarter Horses, having sold more than 40,000 horses at auctions in 28 states in a career exceeding 40 years. Babb resides on a 400-acre ranch near [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]].
==Background==
Babb father, Keith Franklin Babb (1915-2005), was a native of Malvern in Hot Spring County, [[Arkansas]] (not to be confused with Hot Springs, Arkansas). For fifty years, the senior Babb was a pastor of [[Southern Baptist]] churches in southern Arkansas and North Louisiana, including Marion in Union Parish and after 1952 in Bastrop in Morehouse Parish.<ref name=reverendbabb>{{cite web|url=http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/newspapers/obits/nov05dn.htm|title=Reverend Keith F. Babb|publisher=''[[The News-Star|The Monroe News-Star]]''|date=November 2005|accessdate=February 2, 2015}}</ref> His mother, the former Bessie Mavis Hooks (1917-2009),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=Bessie+Mavis&gsln=Babb&msypn__ftp=Monroe%2C+Ouachita%2C+Louisiana%2C+USA&msypn=34329&msypn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C3246%7C21%7C0%7C2270%7C34329%7C0%7C&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=Bessie Mavis Hooks Babb|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 2, 2015}}</ref> was a teacher. While he was a boy living in Bastrop, Babb listened to [[radio]] station KTRY and became fascinated with the weekly Monday broadcast of livestock auctions.<ref name=deltabusiness/>
Babb has two children by his late wife, Carolyn Ladner Babb (1941-2017), a son, Keith Bryan Babb (born July 1973) and his wife, the former Alisa Leighton; and a daughter, Keena Babb Antley and her husband, Robert Myatt Antley.<ref name=reverendbabb/> Babb is an active [[deacon]] at Lakeshore Baptist Church in Monroe and a former trustee of the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home. He is a past president of the Greater Monroe Optimist Club.<ref name=babbassociates/>
==Career==
Babb procured a degree in [[journalism]] from the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]] and is a former president of the ULL Alumni Association. In 1966, he attended the Superior School of Auctioneering in Decatur, [[Illinois]].<ref name=babbassociates/> He also worked for the former KNOE Radio and KNOE Television, the [[CBS]] affiliate in Monroe, both founded by former [[Governor]] [[James A. Noe]]. With Jack E. McCall (1926-1994), Babb was for several years the co-host of the KNOE ''Good Morning Ark-La-Miss'' program.<ref name=deltabusiness/> Babb is a director of Bank One Corporation of Louisiana.<ref name=babbassociates>{{cite web|url=http://www.keithbabbauctions.com/company.php|title=Keith Babb and Associates|publisher=keithbabbauctions.com|accessdate=February 2, 2015}}</ref>
In 1971, Babb, known for his rich [[baritone]] voice,<ref name=auctioneer/> became a full-time auctioneer handling the sale of [[real estate]], farm machinery, and business liquidations to remain financially solvent. Then while reading through a trade magazine, he spotted an advertisement for an auctioneer of [[horse]]s. This quickly became his passion.<ref name=deltabusiness/>
In 2004, Babb was inducted into the National Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame.<ref name=deltabusiness/> In 2015, he won the "Special Recognition Award" from the American Quarter Horse Racing Council, which was presented in ceremonies in [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]. The award came with a custom-made cowboy [[hat]] and a hand-tooled [[saddle]] made in [[Brazil]]. According to the AQHA ''Q-Racing Journal,'' Babb is "considered the premier auctioneer in the country for American Quarter Horses."<ref name=auctioneer/> The AQHA is headquartered in [[Amarillo]], [[Texas]].
Among the horses Babb has auctioned were First Down Dash and Mr Jess Perry, as well as record-setting Queen For Cash ($1.125 million in 1982) and Tempting Dash ( $1.7 million in 2013).<ref name=auctioneer/> With Tempting Dash, Babb broke his own record from more than three decades earlier with Queen for Cash.<ref name=deltabusiness>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thenewsstar.com/misc/DBus%20Dec%202013/Delta%20Business%20Dec%201013/assets/basic-html/page28.html|title=Hall of Fame auctioneer gets record price for quarter horse|publisher=''Delta Business''|pages=28–29|date=October 2013|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref>
On August 1, 2008, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Babb, a [[Republican Party|Republican]] to the 13-member Louisiana Racing Commission, which regulates horse racing in the state. The commission was established in 1940 and is based in [[New Orleans]]. Babb is the member for Louisiana's 5th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=405|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Appointments to the Louisiana Racing Commission|date=August 1, 2008|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://horseracing.louisiana.gov/about.html|title=About the Louisiana Racing Commission|publisher=horseracing.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref>
Though Babb had planned to retire in 2014 at the age of seventy, he kept receiving calls to return to the auction stand: "I've been selling horses for forty years coast to coast, and I don't want to die on the road. I'm determined to retire, but right now I guess you could say I'm semi-retired. ..."<ref name=auctioneer>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/01/31/golden-voice-auctioneer-keith-babb-honored/22628297/
|title=Golden voice: Auctioneer Keith Babb honored|author=Greg Hilburn|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=January 31, 2015|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref> Babb added, "The road isn't as fun as it used to be. I don't want to die on the auction stand. But the big thing is, I don't want anyone to say, 'I wish that old man had retired a couple of years ago.' I'd like to go out on top."<ref name=deltabusiness/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Babb, Keith}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Television]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Ranchers]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]