Births (published 3/11)

DELTA - Nicole "Nicky" Smith is the mother of her third son, born at 4:30 a.m. Feb. 22, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Bryson Brock Hennecke weighed 5 pounds, 15 1/2 ounces and was 19 1/2-inches long.

Smith, daughter of Betty Hennecke of Whitewater and the late Bob Hennecke, is office administrator for the Memco Barge Line.

BLOOMFIELD - Joseph Lynn and Melissa Ann Bostic are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 4:18 a.m. Feb. 22, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Colton Lane Bostic weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19-inches long.

The former Melissa Haynes, Mrs. Bostic is the daughter of James and Dovie Haynes of Essex.

Bostic, son of Rick and Leta Bostic of Bloomfield and Sherry King of Sikeston, is a construction worker for Heritage American Homes.