Found Deceased Fl - Mitzi Mari Babb, 43, Brooksville, 19 June 2018
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Daughter, friends remember slain Hernando park ranger, a bright, burning ball of fire’
Published: July 12, 2018
Updated: July 12, 2018 at 11:44 AM
Mitzi Babb could spend hours freeing a fawn ensnared in a bramble. She rescued stray cats even as they left scratches on her arms and hands. She stopped her daughter from killing the spiders that infiltrated their house in the woods.
"This is their home, too," she’d say.
Babb also seemed drawn to people who needed help or direction or a kind word, said her daughter, Constance Harris. Harris thought of her mother as a survivor — someone who endured poverty and pain, who wanted to give her daughter a better life, who wore thrift-store clothes so she could afford to buy Harris nice outfits for school.
"Despite the fact that she had all these broken pieces, she did her best to keep them together, and I think it helped her to help other people," Harris said.
But Harris believes someone took advantage of this empathy, one of the qualities that made Babb "this bright, burning ball of fire."
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Photo courtesy of Mark Fitch
Mitzi Babb was a park ranger at Withlacoochee State Forest\u2019s Croom Motorcycle Area.
Published: July 12, 2018
Updated: July 12, 2018 at 11:44 AM
Mitzi Babb could spend hours freeing a fawn ensnared in a bramble. She rescued stray cats even as they left scratches on her arms and hands. She stopped her daughter from killing the spiders that infiltrated their house in the woods.
"This is their home, too," she’d say.
Babb also seemed drawn to people who needed help or direction or a kind word, said her daughter, Constance Harris. Harris thought of her mother as a survivor — someone who endured poverty and pain, who wanted to give her daughter a better life, who wore thrift-store clothes so she could afford to buy Harris nice outfits for school.
"Despite the fact that she had all these broken pieces, she did her best to keep them together, and I think it helped her to help other people," Harris said.
But Harris believes someone took advantage of this empathy, one of the qualities that made Babb "this bright, burning ball of fire."
[...]
https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage.../AR-307129998.jpg?MaxW=950&cachebuster=810065
Photo courtesy of Mark Fitch
Mitzi Babb was a park ranger at Withlacoochee State Forest\u2019s Croom Motorcycle Area.
The freed spirit - Remembering Mitzi Marie Babb | Hernando Sun
Fri, 07/27/2018
Dozens if not hundreds of motorcyclists, friends and family of Mitzi Marie Babb came to pay their respects at the July 21 memorial service inside the Withlacoochee State Forest Croom Motorcycle Area for the Florida Forest Service park ranger who tragically lost her life last month.
Babb went missing from the Croom Motorcycle Area where she worked and lived as resident park ranger. The Croom Motorcycle Area was closed for days while the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office conducted a massive search effort until Babb’s body was discovered floating in a waterway in Camden County, Georgia.
The celebration of life began under cloudy skies with some of Mitzi’s favorite songs playing in the background.
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Babb, who grew up in Bristol, Tennessee, started as a part-time ranger in 2010 before becoming a full-time resident park ranger.
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Guests paid tribute with memories of sharing musical interests to differences in opinion, but Babb was able to recognize what a friendship was and not hold grudges.
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Fri, 07/27/2018
Dozens if not hundreds of motorcyclists, friends and family of Mitzi Marie Babb came to pay their respects at the July 21 memorial service inside the Withlacoochee State Forest Croom Motorcycle Area for the Florida Forest Service park ranger who tragically lost her life last month.
Babb went missing from the Croom Motorcycle Area where she worked and lived as resident park ranger. The Croom Motorcycle Area was closed for days while the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office conducted a massive search effort until Babb’s body was discovered floating in a waterway in Camden County, Georgia.
The celebration of life began under cloudy skies with some of Mitzi’s favorite songs playing in the background.
[...]
Babb, who grew up in Bristol, Tennessee, started as a part-time ranger in 2010 before becoming a full-time resident park ranger.
[...]
Guests paid tribute with memories of sharing musical interests to differences in opinion, but Babb was able to recognize what a friendship was and not hold grudges.
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