Ivy Benson

Dustin and Nicole Benson of Qulin, Mo., announce the birth of their daughter, Ivy Claire Benson, born May 12, 2009 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark.

She weighed 7 lbs. and 1 oz. and was 19 3/4 inches long.

She is the granddaughter of Cameron and Emily Beacham of Holcomb, Mo., Steve and Tracy Horton of Rector, Ark., and Mark and Tish Benson of Qulin, and the great-granddaughter of Verlan and Hazel Beacham of Bernie, Mo., the late Betty Rylant, Marcella and the late Ed Horton of Rector, Odean and the late Doyce Benson of Greenway, Ark., Roy and Barbara Nail of Qulin, and the late Mike Lancaster.