DEXTER - Greg and Laurie Cooper are the parents of their fourth child, first son, born at 1:10 p.m. Nov. 24, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Kaden Gregory Cooper weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and was 19 3/4-inches long.
Mrs. Cooper is the daughter of Gary Putnam and JoAnne Putnam.
Cooper is the son of Louise Cooper.
PORTAGEVILLE - Neil Joseph and Lynda Kay Priggel are the parents of their fourth child, second daughter, born at 12:19 a.m. Nov. 25, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Jessica Ann Priggel weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20-inches long.
The former Lynda Linneman, Mrs. Priggel is the daughter of Robert and Norma Linneman of Salisbury.
Priggel, son of Herman and Ruth Ann Priggel of Portageville, is manager of metal products at Noranda Aluminum.
CHARLESTON - Artasha Rivers is the mother of her third child, second daughter, born at 12:22 a.m. Nov. 28, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Akydra Travon Rivers weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces and was 18 1/4-inches long.
Grandparents are Cherlene and C.W. Mixon and Jeffery Brown.
ESSEX - Erica Danielle Cain is their mother of her first child, a daughter, born at 10:40 p.m. Nov. 27, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Jade Elizabeth Cain weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and was 21-inches long.
Grandparents are Natalie Street and Steve and Jeannie Cain of Essex.
Great-grandparents are Kay Cain of Sikeston, Don and Barbara Cain of Matthews and Tremayne and Emily Street of Bloomfield.
EAST PRAIRIE - Victoria Brooke Revelle and Travis Stephen Irby are the parents of their second son, born at 6:27 p.m. Nov. 27, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Wyatt Stephen Irby weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19 1/2-inches long.
Revelle is the daughter of Teresa Witherspoon of East Prairie and Ronnie Revelle of Poplar Bluff.
Irby, son of Shelia Irby of Oran and Steve Irby of Louisville, Ky., is employed by the Ingram Barge Company.
Paternal great-grandmother is Sandra Dodgen of East Prairie.
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Elmer Joseph and April Yvonne Middleton are the parents of their third child, first daughter, born at 8:47 a.m. Nov. 29, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Zoey Dhagen Middleton weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and was 18-inches long.
Mrs. Middleton is the former April Martin, daughter of Jack Martin and Barbara Martin of Oran. She is employed by the Chaffee Nursing Center.
Middleton, son of Sharron Middleton of Farmington, is employed with Withers Broadcasting.
DEXTER - Ashley Renee Hester and Matthew Alexander Jones are the parents of their first child, a daughter, born at 7:35 p.m. Nov. 29, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Emily Lynn Jones weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 20-inches long.
Hester, daughter of Carl and Glenda Hester of Dexter, is employed by Tropical Tanning in Dexter.
Jones, son of Sherry Dollins of Dexter and Gary Jones of Paragould, Ark., is employed by the Dexter Pizza Company.
SIKESTON - Cathy J. Johnson is the mother of her second daughter, born at 10:50 a.m. Nov. 30, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Cara Cheyenne Johnson weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20 1/2-inches long.
Grandparents are Harumi and Donald Johnson of Sikeston.
MOREHOUSE - Jennifer L. Gross and Justin M. Pearcy are the parents of their first child, a son, born Nov. 30, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Kent Timothy Marshall King weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces and was 16 1/2-inches long.
Gross, daughter of George and Denise Gross of Morehouse, is a ward clerk at Missouri Delta Medical Center.
Pearcy, son of Janet Steere of Dexter and Tim and Kathy Stinnett of Sikeston, is an installation technician for Westport Communications.