Emmanuel Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA. Pastor Chad Hardbarger will be officiating. On
September 6, 2020 Ralph “Buddy” Anthony Babb, Jr. passed away. Buddy was a strong-willed,
and unique person, whom you either loved or hated. There wasn’t much in between with him.
He just did things his own way. I loved that about my father. Buddy was a former Marine Corps
member and a Journeyman Lineman. He was a member of the Local 194 IBEW (International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) for 22 years and he truly loved his career. Buddy was in the
hospital earlier in the year and learned he was in need of many changes to stay with us longer.
Even with the blessing of a second chance, he had to leave us and be at home with the Lord. He
was preceded in death by his father Ralph Anthony Babb, Sr and brother in law (husband to
Vickie Hollowell) James Edward “Eddie” Hollowell. Survivors include his mother Barbara
Armstrong Babb, daughter Barbara Lee Babb, two sisters Vickie Babb Hollowell and Beverly
Babb Lee, brother in law (husband to Beverly Lee) Jonathan Wayne Lee, four nieces Courtlyn
Victoria Lee, Caragan Elizabeth Lee, Cameron Anne Lee, Caroline Grace Lee, and one great niece
Keaghan McKinlee Ratliff. May he rest in peace remaining in our hearts forever. I love you,
Daddy.
2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is
here!”
