Olivia and Elyse Wilcoxson

Doug and Melanie Wilcoxson of Jonesboro, Ark., announce the birth of their identical twin baby girls, Olivia Kathryn and Elyse Kayelyn Wilcoxson, born July 25, 2004, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Ark.

Olivia Kathryn weighed 4 pounds and 9 1/2 ounces and was 18 inches long and Elyse Kayelyn weighed 3 pounds and 9 ounces and was 16 1/2 inches long.

Grandparents are Marvin and Kathey Martin of Doniphan, Mo. and Gary and Cheryl Wilcoxson of Kennett and great-grandparents are Ed and Willene Crumley and Wilma Martin of Naylor, Mo. and Glen and Evelyn Wilcoxson and Rex and Betty Jeffress, all of Kennett.