After attending Baylor University for three years, Babs graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Music Education in 1965. She
owned and operated a travel agency from 1971 to 2008, specializing in group travel.
Her first relative to become a graduate of Baylor University was Ralph Tharp, her maternal grandfather, in 1917. Other family members followed: Jackie ’86, Kim ’81, Julie ’89, Sterling ’13, Jenni ’13, Katie ’15, Jake ’18, and Alayna ’18.
From 1985 to 2018, Baugh directed the SonShine Singers, a 120-voice choir with mission to nursing homes, as well as directing a group of 10 singers and dancers in Made-to-Order. She also has sung in the Woodland Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir, where she has served as a deacon and past chair of the Church Council and the Missions Committee.
Baugh was a founding member, past chairman and Lifetime Board Member of Baptist Child & Family Services. Kevin Dinnin claims she is the “matriarch of BCFS”. She was past president of the Baylor University Development Council and of the Baylor University Alumni Association. Baugh has served on the boards of Visitors of Baylor University School of Music, the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, Coordinating Council of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, New Baptist Covenant Steering Committee, Baptist Center for Ethics, B. H. Carroll Theological Seminary, and trustee of Mercer University.
Baugh has been honored with some of the following awards: Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Central Baptist Theological Seminary; Dr. Herbert H. Reynolds, James Huckins, Pat Neff; Burleson, Cane, Brooks, McCall President’s Medal; San Antonio Business Journal Volunteer Leadership and Woman of the Year; and Mercer Meritorious Service in 2019.
Baugh is married to John Jarrett and has two daughters, Jackie Baugh Moore and
Julie Baugh Cloud. She is “Honey” to six grandchildren – Sterling, Katie, Jake, Breck, Alexa Mae, and Clara; and one great grandchild, Asher.
