It’s a boy!
Hunter J. Ellis took the honors as the first baby born ini 2024 at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, arriving at 2:26 p.m. Jan. 3.
His mother and father, Madison McMinn and Keaton Ellis of Mtn. Grove, welcomed Hunter. Dr. Christopher Baldwin, obstetrics and gynecology physician at the TCMH Mtn. Grove Clinic, delivered the baby. Hunter was 8 pounds, 2 ounces, and 21.5 inches long.
Reese and Lana Bucher, representatives of the TCMH Auxiliary, presented gifts and gift certificates for Hunter and his family after his birth. Local businesses, including West Plains Bank and Trust Company, Bank of Houston, Simmons Bank, Walmart, Walgreens, TCMH Hospital Auxiliary, Progressive Ozark Bank, Two Kinds of Krazy Boutique, Shelter Insurance/Airika Barnett-Wiseman and TCMH Healthcare Foundation, donated gifts to celebrate the arrival of the first child born this year at TCMH.
