Birthdays

CARSON DAVID BURGESS will celebrate his 7th birthday today, January 25, 2008. He is the son of Jon and Karen Burgess of Gaffney, and is in the first grade at Northwest Elementary School, and has an older sister, Brooke McCullough. Grandparents are Dennis and Linda Moore of Gaffney, and Jim and Iris Burgess of Gaffney.

ALICE ELIZABETH PETTY

and her sister,

EMILY VICTORIA PETTY,

will celebrate their 2nd birthday today, January 25, 2008. Alli and Emmi are the twin

daughters of Michael and Salli Petty of

Gaffney, and have a big brother, Andrew. Maternal grandparents are Tommy and Vickie Phillips of Gaffney. Paternal grandparents are

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Petty of Chesnee, and Mr.

and Mrs. Bert Biron of Gaffney. Maternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dean

Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Doc Phillips, all of

Gaffney, and the late Alice K. Spencer. Paternal great-grandparents are Mr. P.G. Petty

of Gaffney, and the late Sudie Petty. Uncle is Mark S. Phillips of Gaffney.

JAYLA PORSHAE SMARR will celebrate her 10th birthday today, January 25, 2008. She is the daughter of Michelle Byars and Brian Smarr of Gaffney. Maternal grandparents are Brenda Byars of Gaffney and the late Tommie Byars Jr. Paternal grandparents are Dock David and Sandra Dillard of Gaffney.

GERIYAH WHITAKER

celebrated her 2nd birthday January 24, 2008.

She is the daughter of Tera Adams and Gerald Whitaker of Gaffney. Maternal grandparents are

Leon and Denise Savage of Gaffney, and Charles and Janice Coleman of Forest City, NC.

Paternal grandparents are Joyce Whitaker of

Gaffney, and the late Harry Whitaker. Maternal great-grandparents are Juanita Mayberry, James

Adams, Essie Coleman, and Herbert Littlejohn,

all of Gaffney, and the late Milton Foster Jr. Paternal great-grandparents are Ruby Lipscomb

of Gaffney, and the late I.M. Lipscomb.