Hospital welcomes first baby of the new year

Russell Medical Center rang in the New Year by welcoming infant GraceLynn Elizabeth Vaughan as the first baby born in 2016. GraceLynn is the daughter of proud parents Ernest Dege and Elizabeth Morgan Vaughan. (pictured) Dr. Davis Sullivan delivered GraceLynn at 3:36 p.m. Jan. 1.. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 20 ½ inches long. Each year local merchants donate items to celebrate the arrival of Baby New Year. Special thanks goes to Cotney’s Jewelers, For Heaven’s Sake Christian Book Store, Grace’s Flowers, Jackson’ s Drugstore, Lynn’s Hallmark, The Medicine Shoppe, Russell Medical Center Auxiliary, Wickles Pickles and Winn Dixie. (Submitted / The Outlook)

GraceLynn Elizabeth Vaughan was the first baby born in Tallapoosa County in 2016.

Russell Medical Center rang in the New Year by welcoming her as the first baby born in 2016.