GTRW November Luncheon Roxanne Babin (RSVP at bottom of page)

Roxanne Babin grew up in Beaumont and graduated from Forest Park High School. During her teenage years, she was a member of the Beaumont Melody Maids traveling with Department of Defense entertainment tours to all US military bases around the world. 

After graduating from Lamar University, Roxanne joined the company of the Windmill Dinner Theatre in Houston. She married Brian Babin in 1972 and together they sang professionally to finance his dental school education. They had a surprise addition to the family during Brian’s Jr year of dental school and another surprise addition his Sr year, prompting them to accept an USAF scholarship which obligated them to 4 years of military service. Returning to TX in the summer of 1979 after serving in Ramstein Germany, the Babins welcomed planned baby #3, along with surprise baby #4. With four children under the age of 5, they settled close to family in the small town of Woodville. Brian became the local dentist, mayor, school board member and Baptist deacon while Roxanne drove the carpool, did the laundry, cooked the supper, fed the dog, and 9 years later welcomed BIG surprise, baby #5. 

  As a resident of Woodville for 40 years, Roxanne and her husband, Congressman Brian Babin, helped grow the area GOP from no Republican primary in 1980 to a full county slate of Republican office holders today. Roxanne has written, directed, and performed in the Tyler County Dogwood Pageant historical dramas, served in the Music and Performing Arts ministry of First Baptist Church and as a Director of the Heritage Village Museum where she established a state award winning Junior Historian program. In Washington D.C., Roxanne has served as the Program Chairman of the Republican Congressional Spouses’ Club, the Vice-Chair of the Republican Speakers’ Seminar, the Vice President of the International Friendship Club, a Director of the Republican Women’s Federal Forum and a member of the Candy Carson Voices and Strings Ensemble performing annually at area military hospitals and the Museum of the Bible. 

 Roxanne has been a classroom teacher, mostly in the Middle School grades, which she credits as preparation for facing any situation she might encounter in Washington. She takes an active interest in the Congressional Military Academy appointment process, The Student Congressional Advisory Council, The Congressional Art Contest, and local and D.C. office internships. Roxanne takes seriously the responsibility of expanding the educational opportunities available to area students throughout the TX 36^th Congressional District to nurture our next generation of Republican leaders.

Roxanne thought she and her husband of 50 years would spend their retirement traveling and enjoying their seventeen grandchildren. An unmistakable call to duty in the form of an unexpected Congressional race changed their future in 2414. She went from planning Christmas dinner one day to running a Congressional campaign the next. And she has never looked back.