Aaliyah Elaine Lance

Stephanie Elaine Neal and Larry Lance of Kennett announce the birth of their daughter, Aaliyah Elaine Lance, born July 12, 2005, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

She weighed 5 pounds and 2 ounces and was 18 inches long.

She is the granddaughter of Penny Neal and the late Stephen M. Neal Sr., and Jessie and Linda Hickman, all of Kennett and the great-granddaughter of Shelbia Newborn and the late Gene Newborn of Kennett.