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| Name | Toby Barker |
| Address | 409 S. 21st Ave
Hattiesburg, Mississippi , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
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December 31, 1981
(42 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | NCdem
Nov 14, 2023 09:31am |
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| Info | Toby Barker was elected in 2007 to replace retiring District 102 Representative Lee Jarrell Davis. At age 25, he was the youngest legislator elected in Mississippi. Now at 29, while he still may be the youngest, his stock in the Mississippi House is rising quickly. He was appointed Vice Chairman of Universities & Colleges in his second year in office and was handling complex public health legislation in committee and on the floor by his third year.
Before being elected to the House, Toby served as director of the Southern Miss Business Assistance Center. Now with entrepreneurship services expanded into the Accelerator at The Garden and at Business Launchpoint on Main Street, he launched Hattiesburg's first business incubator in 2006.
Toby moved to Hattiesburg in 2000 to attend The University of Southern Mississippi, earning a B.A. in communications in 2004 and an M.S. in economic development in 2006. While at Southern Miss, he was heavily involved in the Student Government Association, being elected student body vice president as a freshman. He was also active in his fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi, as well as the Baptist Student Union and Men of Excellence. He served over two months as a summer missionary in Burkina Faso, West Africa and completed several short-term mission projects in Juarez, Mexico, New England, New Orleans and the Pacific Northwest. These mission trips led him into his field of economic development.
Originally from Meridian, Toby Barker is the son of Rev. and Mrs. Bob Barker, Jr. of Meridian. He is the grandson of the late Dr. and Mrs. Bob Barker, Sr. of Chickasaw, Alabama and the late Mr. and Mrs. E.D. (Red) McKinney of Meridian. His hero is his grandfather, Red McKinney, a former shipping manager for A.J. Lyon Grocery, World War II veteran and jazz piano player.
In his "real life," Toby lives in the historic Parkhaven neighborhood. He works in marketing, branding and advertising with Rare Design in Hattiesburg. He is a Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Hattiesburg-Sunrise.
Toby married the former Kate Northrop of Quitman in 2008. They are currently raising Addie, their English springer spaniel. They attend the Ekklesia Church in Hattiesburg.
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