Births

SIKESTON - Heather Kelso and Kevin Alexander are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 3:43 p.m. Dec. 13, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Preston Ray Alexander weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and was 20-inches long.

Kelso, daughter of Vicki Bidens and Ronnie Staggs, is employed at T&T Video in Sikeston.

Alexander, son of John Alexander and Debbie Still, is self-employed.

CHAFFEE - Heather Marie Anglin and Melvin Tyrone Horton are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 8:25 p.m. Dec. 6, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Tyreon Isaiah Horton weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 20-inches long.

Anglin, daughter of Star and Bruce Anglin of Chaffee, is a telemarketer with TAT Enterprises.

Horton, son of Junior and Ernestine Bonner of Sikeston, is a student with Job Corps.

SIKESTON - Michelle Newton and Keith Lossing are the parents of their second child, first daughter, born at 10:24 a.m. Dec. 11, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Kylie Shea Lossing weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and was 19 1/2-inches long.

Newton, daughter of Roland and Sharon Clark of Sikeston and Terry and Janice Newton of Paducah, Ky., is a nurse for Dr. David Pfefferkorn at the Ferguson Medical Group.

Lossing, son of Gary and Yvonne Lossing of Cape Girardeau, is employed by Nordenia in Cape Girardeau.

MORLEY - Todd A. and Patricia L. Coe are the parents of their third child, first son, born Dec. 12, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Mason James Coe weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and was 20 1/4-inches long.

Mrs. Coe is the daughter of Carroll Sexton and Carol Carlisle.

Coe, son of Kenneth Coe Jr. and JoAnn Coe, is a service manager.

MATTHEWS - Larry and Monica Waters are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 12:10 a.m. Dec. 12, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Nathan James Waters weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 19-inches long.

Mrs. Waters, daughter of Sheila Brewer and Harold Walker, is a waitress.

Waters, son of Rachel Waters and James Waters, is a farmhand.

WYATT - Chevala Graham is the mother of her second child, first daughter, born at 10:42 p.m. Dec. 13, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Zaharia Zynece Graham weighed 6 pounds and was 19-inches long.

Graham, daughter of Vickey Graham and John Sherrell of Wilson City, is employed by Wal-Mart.

SIKESTON - Greg and Lisa McMikle are the parents of their second son, born at 10:05 a.m. Dec. 13, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Dylan Clay McMikle weighed 8 pounds and was 20 1/2-inches long.

Mrs. Mikle, daughter of Joe and Karen Williams, is employed by Sikeston Public Schools.

McMikle, son of Larry and Sharon McMikle, is employed by Alan Wire.

NEW MADRID - Angel Ray is the mother of her eighth child, fourth daughter, born at 11:02 a.m. Dec. 14, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Gabrielle Barnae Madison weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces and was 18 1/2-inches long.

Maternal grandmother is Betty Ray.

CHARLESTON - LaShonda Atkins is the mother of her fourth son, born at 5:29 p.m. Dec. 16, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. James Lamont Reed-Durden weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces.

Atkins, daughter of LeRoy Reed and Annie Reed, is employed by the Wal-Mart Deli.

BELL CITY - Arthur and Tara Schaefer are the parents of their first child, a son, born at 2:57 p.m. Dec. 17, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Phillip Alan Schaefer weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19-inches long.

Mrs. Schaefer, daughter of Sammy and Jean Alberson of Bell City, is supervisor at Needlework in Oran.

Schaefer, son of Butch and Carolyn Schaefer of Bell Ticy, is an operator for Good Humor-Breyers in Sikeston.