Births (published 8-4)

SIKESTON - Corey and Holly Butrum are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 3:14 p.m. July 9, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Jacob Hunter Lee Butrum weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19 1/2-inches long.

Mrs. Butrum, daughter of Brenda Smith, Jimmy Smith and Carol Smith, is employed by Heartland Living Services.

Butrum, son of Corky and Peggy Butrum and Patricia and Chris Chambers, is serving with the U.S. Army.