Charles Rickman

William and Amy Rickman of St. Louis, Mo., announce the birth of their son, Charles Clifton Rickman, born Sept. 27, 2008, at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis.

He weighed 9 pounds and 12 ounces and was 21 inches long.

He is the grandson of Dennis and Darlene Robertson and Ron and Laura Rickman, all of Kennett, and the great grandson of Patsy Hayes and Betty Lidy of Kennett, and the late Homer and Nova Vandiver, Loyd and Marie Robertson, Clifton Hayes and Doyle Rickman.