Richard Babb is a long-time Mississippi country lawyer who resides in Tupelo. A sixth generation Mississippian, he has lived most of his years in the Mississippi Hills.The son of a United Methodist minister and registered nurse, he graduated from Mississippi State, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Mississippi.
For the past fourteen years he has been the Tupelo City Prosecutor. He has two children and five beautiful grandchildren. His interests include music, history, philosophy, psychology, literature, and theology, but his greatest claim to fame was a brief appearance in the Netflix documentary, Kings of Tupelo, where he sang, “Mississippi You’re On My Mind.”