Births (Published 8/31)

BLOOMFIELD - Michael and Veronica Foster are the parents of their fourth child, fourth son, born at 5:22 p.m. July 27, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Eli Nathaniel Foster weighed 8 pounds and was 19.5 inches long.

Mrs. Foster, a housewife, is the daughter of Pauline Gilder and Charles and Jane Lingle.

Foster, a pastor, is the son of Harold and Sharon Foster.

JACKSON - Savannah Crone is the mother of her first child, a daughter, born at 11:14 a.m. July 27, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Alexis Faith weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 19.5 inches long.

Maternal grandmother is Lisa Haynes and Deborah Harris is the great-

grandmother.

SIKESTON - Tony and Tonya Mikels are the parents of their fourth child, third daughter, born at 10:18 a.m. July 27, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Camryn Ellise Mikels weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 20.5 inches long.

Mrs. Mikels, a registered nurse at Southeast Missouri Hospital, is the daughter of Ray and Wanda Lewis of Advance and Bruce Benefield of Jonesboro, Ill.

Mikels, a contractor, is the son of Stan and Linda Mikels of Sikeston.