Tremansky and Amy Jo Matthews of Benton are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Mason Caleb Matthews born on August 10, 2012 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson.  
Mason weighed two sounds and four ounces.  
Maternal grandparents are Tommy and JoLynn Twiner.
Paternal grandparents are Doris Matthews and Willie Maples.  

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A benefit for Jimmy Boatner will be held on Sept. 29 at the Wardell Leach Complex, beginning at 8 a.m.
The co-ed softball tournament will begin at 8a.m. and grilled chicken lunch plates will be sold from 11a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
To register your team or for more information, call Tamara Boatner at 601-750-8028.
All proceeds go towards Jimmy’s upcoming kidney transplant.

Simmons Bradshaw and Rivers Wells recently donated their birthday toys and other presents to the Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital for the second year in a row. The donations grew in size this year, and the two girls hope to donate to the hospital every year. Both girls also created shirts honoring the second annual Toy Drive and gave them away as party favors during their birthday celebrations. Both families extend thanks to everyone who donated to the cause. Simmons is the daughter of Dan and Melissa Bradshaw. Rivers is the daughter of Brad Wells and J.D. and Tonya Cresswell.

Miss Kimberly Harper and Jason KerrMr. and Mrs. Tommy R. Harper of Yazoo City announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Kimberly Rayna Harper, to Mr. Jason Thomas Kerr of Rolling Fork, son of J.T, Kerr Jr. and Kay Kerr of Mayersville.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. E.D. Harper and the late Mrs. Inez Allread of Isola, the late Mr. William Tolliver Stanford and Marcell Stanford of Yazoo City.
Miss Harper, a graduate of Manchester Academy in Yazoo City, also earned a degree in Radiology with a specialization in Nuclear Medicine from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She is currently employed as a nuclear medicine tech at River Region Medical Center in Vicksburg.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. John Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Kerr of Tallula and the late Mr. Murry Lawrence Martin and Mary Lou Martin of Utica.
He is a graduate of Sharkey-Issaquena Academy in Rolling Fork, and Mississippi Delta Community College with a degree in Industrial Electrity.
The couple will exchange vows in a small, private family wedding at Valewood Plantation on Saturday, September 22.
Family and friends are invited to the following reception at 6:30 p.m. in the evening at Fitler Farms.