Births (Published 4/16)

SIKESTON - Jeremy Perrien and Tracy Irby are the parents of their third child, third daughter, born at 9:23 a.m. March 9, 2006, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Briana Nicole Perrien weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and was 20 inches long.

Maternal grandparents are Roger and Shawnee Stewart.

Paternal grandparents are Benny and Phyllis Thurston.

SIKESTON - Samuel and YaVonda Pulley are the parents of their fourth child, second son, born March 9, 2006, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Samuel Elliot Pulley Jr. weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 19.5 inches long.

Maternal grandparent is Edna Herrion.

Paternal grandparents are Ronald and Murlee Pulley and Janice Wallace.

EAST PRAIRIE - Derrick Loomes and Savoy Dowdy are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 7:16 p.m. March 10, 2006, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Daelin Shain Loomes weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce.

Maternal grandparents are Kenneth and Rita Dowdy and Tammy Peterson.

Paternal grandparents are Paul and Rhonda Linebaugh and the late Steven Loomes.