Emma May Tippen

Mitchell and Mary Tippen of Columbia, Ill., announce the birth of their daughter, Emma May Tippen, born Wednesday, May 3, 2005, at Missouri Baptist Hospital.

She weighed 7 pounds and 12 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long.

She is the granddaughter of Faye Gillis and the late Bill Gillis, Bob and Sue Neville and Tip and Nina Tippen and the great-granddaughter of Bill and Caroline Gillis.

She is welcomed home by a big sister, Molly.