Milestones

Keri (Grisham) and Corey Stout of New Albany, Miss. welcomed daughter Briley McKenna Stout into the world on March 20, 2009 at 9:21 a.m. at North Mississippi Medical Center Women's Hospital in Tupelo, Miss. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and was 18.5 inches long. Briley is the granddaughter of Joyce and John Grisham of New Albany, Frances and Eddie Coltharp of Myrtle, Miss., and Cynthia and David Stout of New Albany.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keith Tutor of New Albany are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Merrill Lynn Tutor of Oxford to Joshua Alexander Magruder also of Oxford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Neil Magruder of Brandon, Miss., formerly of Florence, SC.

Merrill is the granddaughter of Ms. Bobbie Thompson of New Albany and the late Mr. Carl Thompson of Myrtle, Miss. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Donald Keith Tutor of the Ingomar community.

Randle and Joyce Waldron of Thaxton are proud to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter Amanda Lynn Waldron of Thaxton to Byron Cole Tate of Myrtle. Waldron is the granddaughter of the late James and Irene Williams, the late Elmer and the late Lucille Waldron, all of Thaxton. She is a 2007 graduate of North Pontotoc High School, where she received special honors. She is currently employed as an aide at Dogwood Plantation Assisted Living. The prospective groom is the son of Jimmy and Gayle Tate of Myrtle.

Kerri and Brandon Hood of New Albany welcomed son Mason Alexander Hood into the world on March 3o, 2009 at 7:38 p.m. at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County in New Albany, Miss. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and she was 21 inches long. He is the grandson of David and Penny Floyd of Ripley, Tena Cordova of New Albany, Gordon Hood of New Albany, Betty and the late Raymond Burch of Myrtle, Trenton Hood of Memphis, Tenn., and Carolyn Flannigan of Illinois. His great-grandparents are Lenore and the late Jean Floyd of Ripley and the late Della and the late Harvey Newby of Blue Mountain.