Birth (published 10/24)

NEW MADRID - Crystal Jade McFerren is the mother of her first child, a son, born at 10:25 a.m. Sept. 12, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Jaden A'Mas McFerren weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and was 19 1/2-inches long.

Grandparents are Claude and Janice McFerren.