Before coming to Congress, Travis W. Childers served as Chancery clerk in his native Prentiss County.  For the past 16 years, he also owned Travis Childers Realty & Associates, one of the most successful real estate firms in Northeast Mississippi.

After the death of his father when Travis was 16 and still in high school, he worked nights and weekends at Booneville's first convenience store to help support his mother and sister.

Travis attended Northeast Mississippi Junior College and the University of Mississippi, where in 1980 he received a degree in business administration. Even before graduating from Ole Miss, Travis became a licensed realtor and joined the real estate business of Robert Davis in his hometown of Booneville.

In 1991, Prentiss County neighbors elected Travis as their chancery clerk and most recently re-elected him to a fifth term with 75 percent of the vote. From 2001-2002 professional peers across the state chose Travis to serve as President of the Mississippi Chancery Clerks Association.

Travis has been married for 27 years to the former Tami Gibson, and the couple has two children - Dustin, a second-year law student at Mississippi College, and Lauren, a sophomore at Ole Miss. They all are members of East Booneville Baptist Church.

Together, Tami and Travis also own the Landmark Community, a personal care home, and the Landmark Nursing Center, an 80-bed skilled care facility and Alzheimer's unit.

Travis Childers, 50, has been a driving force in his North Mississippi community for over 30 years and has helped create regional jobs by working with an enterprising and bi-partisan spirit.

Travis Childers is proud and humbled to serve North Mississippians, as their Representative in Congress.