years_active birth_place label background instrument birth_date genre article_title name occupation
1980 -- present jackson , michigan , united states word , mason music group solo_singer keyboards , piano , vocals 01 february 1955 gospel , inspirational babbie mason
 babbie mason singer , songwriter , speaker , producer
babbie mason

babbie yvett robie wade mason -lrb- born february 1 , 1955 -rrb- is an american gospel singer , songwriter , writer , and adjunct professor of songwriting at point university and lee university , and also a television talk-show host .
born to georgie and george w. wade .
mason 's father was a baptist pastor and she hails from at least five generations of ministers .
mason has also been the church pianist and choir director for the church her father pastored .
