Zachary James Blackmon was born May 25 at 7:52 a.m. at Shelby Baptist Medical Center. He was 20 inches long.

He is the son of Ashley Dennis Price and Matthew Blackmon, the grandson of “Sam” Lynn and Cathy Blackmon, Neal and Betty Johnson and the late Sarah Johnson. Great grandparents are Glenda Pate Mims and the late Julius Pate, and the late Sam and Betty Blackmon.