Births (published 12/11)
SIKESTON - Amanda Elliott and Jerry Hunley are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 5:49 p.m. Nov. 14, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Jerry Randall Hunley weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 18-inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Kathy Elliott and Doyne Elliott.
Paternal grandparents are Jerry Hunley and Deloris Hunley.
The baby's parents are employed by Taco Bell.
ORAN - Richard Cary and Judith Ann Lawson are the parents of their fifth son, born at 4:46 a.m. Nov. 18, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Mark Daniel Lawson weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19-inches long.
The former Judith Schmidt, Mrs. Lawson is the daughter of Dave and Joan Schmidt of Cottonwood, Ariz. She is employed at the John J. Pershing Veterans Administration Medical Center in Poplar Bluff.
Lawson, son of Rick and Sharon Lawson of Dexter and Cindy Anderson of Tampa, Fla., is employed by Nestle Purina in Bloomfield.