Birth (published 2/23)

CHARLESTON - TyShanta C. Williams and Henry Hall Jr. are the parents of their first child, a daughter, born at 7:32 a.m. Feb. 2, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. La'Myia Cortayzia Williams weighed 5 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20-inches long.

Williams, daughter of Steve and Amanda Williams, is a substitute at the Wyatt Head Start Center.

Hall is the son of Henry and Deloris Hall Sr.