Daughter to Kevin and Ruth Ward, 1310 Gina, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:51 p.m. Thursday, March 16, 1995. Name, Taylor Marie. Weight, 9 pounds 1 ounce. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Ward is the former Ruth Alexander, daughter of Glenn and Loretto Alexander of New Madrid. She is a social worker with Pediatric SPOT. Ward is a salesman with Prairie Farms Dairy, and is the son of Harold and Barbara Ward of Cape Girardeau.
Son to Fred Curtis Pennington and Shawna LeAnn Steger of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:10 p.m. Thursday, March 16, 1995. Name, Gabriel Curtis. Weight, 9 pounds 10 ounces. First child. Miss Steger is the daughter of Leo Steger of Cape Girardeau and Janet and Don Dickey of Cadet. Pennington is a photojournalist with KFVS Television. He is the son of Fred Pennington of St. Louis and the late Ruby C. Mims.
Daughter to Richard and Joy Jennings, 2612 Melrose, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:26 a.m. Friday, March 17, 1995. Name, Merrisa Kendrick. Weight, 8 pounds 11 ounces. Third daughter. Mrs. Jennings is the former Joy Graves, daughter of Don Graves and Carolyn Linn of Shawnee, Okla. She is employed by the FAA. Jennings is employed by Missouri Highway and Transportation Department, and is the son of Bill and Bonnie Jennings of Walnut Grove and Barb Espinobarros of Monett.
Son to Jon and Beverly Schaefer of Jonesboro, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:35 p.m. Friday, March 17, 1995. Name, Jacob Dee. Weight, 8 pounds 1 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Schaefer is the former Beverly Toler, daughter of Dee and Sharon Toler of Jonesboro. Schaefer is a mechanic with Union County Highway Department, and is the son of Jim and Wilma Schaefer of Jonesboro.
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