Births (published 12/6)

SIKESTON - Christa Farrell and Barry Williams are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 9:38 a.m. Oct. 21, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Nicholas Zander Williams weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces and was 18-inches long.

DEXTER - Keith and Lisa Coleman are the parents of their second child, first son, born at 7:47 a.m. Nov. 12, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Gage Clinton-Levi Coleman weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19 1/2-inches long.

Mrs. Coleman is the daughter of Gene and Wanda Parks.

Coleman is the son of Alfred and Dorthy Coleman.

EAST PRAIRIE - Dennis and Crystal Banks are the parents of their second son, born at 10:40 a.m. Nov. 12, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Briley Alvin Luther Banks weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19 1/2-inches long.

Mrs. Banks is the daughter of Mike and Lavonda Hardin.

Banks, son of Dennis and Mary Banks and Sue Pemberton, is employed by Gates Rubber Company.

BLODGETT - Edward and Jessica Jolley are the parents of their fourth child, first daughter, born Nov. 13, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Kaylee Marie Jolley weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 18 1/2-inches long.

Mrs. Jolley is the daughter of Tina and Dewain Hill of Hayti.

Jolley, son of Edward L. Jolley Jr. of Oran, is a welding supervisor.

MOREHOUSE - Tara Vanover and Clint Hensley III are the parents of their second child, first daughter, born at 1:20 p.m. Nov. 13, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Abigail Grace Hensley weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 19-inches long.

Maternal grandparents are Ken and Kelly Vandiver of Morehouse and the late Edward Dale Vanover II.

Hensley, son of Lynda Day and Jimmy Day, is employed by Himmelberg-Harrison in Morehouse.

SCOTT CITY - Joshua Stephen and Jenine Renae Choate are the parents of their first child, a daughter, born at 12:04 a.m. Nov. 14, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Breahnna Kirsten Choate weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and was 19 1/2-inches long.

Mrs. Choate is the former Jenine Sander, daughter of Mark and Brenda Sander of New Hamburg. She is a therapy aide for Aegis Therapy.

Choate, son of Carl and Elaine Choate of Cape Girardeau, is a carpenter for Mark Sander Construction Incorporated.

SIKESTON - Kevin and Lacey Sletten are the parents of their second son, born at 10:37 a.m. Nov. 14, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Logan Tyler Sletten weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20-inches long.

Mrs. Sletten is the daughter of Lon Montgomery and Brenda Montgomery.

Sletten, son of Torry Sletten and Ken Sletten, is a corrections officer with the Southeast Correctional Center.

SIKESTON - James and Crystal Nance are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 7:21 a.m. Nov. 14, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Austin James Nance weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces and was 20-inches long.

Mrs. Nance, daughter of Byron and Teri Still and Ricky and Elizabeth Haynes, is employed with Continu-Care Homemaker Services.

Nance, son of Rita and Donnie Nance, is employed by Heartland Wood Products.

JACKSON - Mikella Robinson and Todd Wooldridge are the parents of their second child, first daughter, born at 2:05 a.m. Nov. 15, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. MacKenzie Alexys Wooldridge weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and was 18 1/2-inches long.

Robinson, daughter of Raymond and Gloria Robinson, is a stylist at the JC Penney Salon in Cape Girardeau.

Wooldridge, son of Bill and Sharon Wooldridge, is a field trainer for Bankers Life and Casualty.