NEW MADRID - Sue Ellen and Daryl Swims are the parents of a son, born at 2:
04 a.m. Oct. 27, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Brady Eugene Swims weighed 4 pounds, 8 ounces, and was 17.5 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Ronnie and Shirley Patterson of New Madrid She is a daycare provider.
Swims, son of Gwen Swims of Portageville, is employed with Riceland Foods.
NEW MADRID - Angela and Tracy Hill are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 3:08 p.m. Oct. 30, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Jonathan Gabriel Hill weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 19.25 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Martha and Bobby Sullivan of New Madrid.
Hill, son of William and Maxine Hill of Sikeston and Brenda Thomas of New Bloomfield, is employed as a diesel technician with Double D Tractor in Sikeston.
SIKESTON - Brandy and Allan Rhyne Jr. are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 8 a.m. Oct. 30, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center's Family BirthPlace in Cape Girardeau. Gavin Allan Rhyne weighed 5 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 19 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Sherry and Marty Godwin of Vanduser.
Paternal grandparents are Ellen and Allan Rhyne Sr. of Sikeston.
DEXTER - Susan Goodwin and Jimmy Hovis Jr. are the parents of their fourth child, fourth son, born at 6:33 a.m. Oct. 31, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Eli William Hovis weighed 4 pounds and was 16 inches long.
Maternal grandparent is Linda Pflasterer of Bloomfield.
Paternal grandparents are Betty Hovis of Dexter and Jimmy Hovis of Cascade.