Timeline: BLOUNT'S BABY NEW YEARS AT BLOUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (1948-2023)

Gifts galore are awaiting the first baby reported to be born in this new year of 1954, and the first baby reported to be born today is Delores…

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. English, of Fontana Village, N.C., are pictured with the first baby born in 1955 at Blount memorial Hospital. The baby,…

Chester Earl Vaughn, who made his appearance at 1:09 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 1, 1956, at Blount Memorial Hospital, is leading the race in the First …

The first birth reported in Blount County for the new year was that of Clark Lamar James, who arrived at Blount memorial Hospital at 12:36 a.m…

Stanley Williams, a 5 pound, 9 ounce boy with a fine sense of timing, was the first baby born at Blount Memorial Hospital in 1958, checking in…

With the first 1959 baby reported thus far being a boy, the boys could tie the girls at 6 among Blount's first born during the past 12 years.

Apparently the first 1960 Blount County baby arriving at 8:28 a.m., today, at Blount Memorial Hospital was delivered later than any of the oth…

Sharon Dianne Lewelling appears to be Blount County's first baby of the New Year. She checked in at Blount Memorial Hospital at 12:50 a.m., Su…

The first baby reported born in 1962 as of press time today is a son, Lloyd Alvin Myers, born to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Myers of Rt. 1 Walland. Weig…

As of noon today Blount County's first reported 1963 baby was Calvin Hood Jr., 8 pound, 3.5 ounce son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Hood Sr., Rt. 1, …

Blount County's apparent first baby arrived at (;29 a.m. Wednesday (Jan. 1), an hour and one half later than the first baby of the year had ev…

Teresa Ann Newman's mother, Mrs. Shelby Newman, Rt. 4, Maryville, seems quite pleased that her daughter is Blount County's first baby of 1966.…

Randy Stephens who arrived at 9:08 a.m. Sunday (Jan. 1) at Blount memorial Hospital is apparently Blount County's first baby of 1967. He is th…

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Johnson Jr., are parents of the first baby born in 1969 at Blount memorial Hospital and the first baby born in Blount Cou…

Apparently the first baby born in Blount County of Blount area parents in 1970 is Rodger Lynn Mason who arrived at 2:26 a.m. today (Jan. 1) at…

Mrs. Homer Hayes Parton Jr., the former B. Carol Evans, looks at her son Christopher Hayes Parton, who apparently was the first baby born in B…

Mrs. Larry Gregory, Rt. 3, Sevierville Road, Maryville, holds her son, Timothy Eugene, who arrived at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 1, the first b…

No one was more surprised than Mrs. Larry E. (Marie) Ward who is the mother of a daughter born at 7:57 p.m. Monday, Jan. 1, at Blount memorial…

Bethany Michelle Broyles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Broyles, Rt. 9, Maryville, arrived at 4:41 a.m. today (Jan. 1) to become the first …

A 7 pound, 1 ounce son born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bonds at 9:28 a.m. today (Jan. 2) at Blount memorial Hospital is apparently the first baby…

Matthew Jason Word, 6 pound, 12 ounce son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Word, is apparently the first baby born in Blount County in 1977. he arrived at…

The first Blount baby of 1978 reported as of presstime was born to Mr. and Mrs. James McClure of 620 Jackson St., Maryville, at 12:52 a.m. tod…

The first baby of 1979 born at Blount Memorial Hospital made his appearance at 3:37 p.m. Monday (Jan. 1, 1979). Tommy John Hammontree, son of …

Nova LeAnne Scales was born at 4:36 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, at Blount Memorial Hospital and is probably the first Blount baby of 1980.

Blount County's first baby of 1982 waited until mid-afternoon New Year's Day to make her appearance. But when she did, Amanda Leigh Baker did …

The apparent First Blount Baby of 1983 is Karen Aileen Marcum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted (Mary K.) Marcum, of Rt. 2, Greenback.

Natasha Hope Williams arrived about six weeks early, in time to apparently be Blount County's first baby of 1985. The first child of Mr. and M…

Blount County's apparent first baby made his appearance early.

Experience apparently counts, at least when it comes to the first baby of 1987 in Blount County. Although as one Blount Memorial Hospital nurs…

Not quite two hours into 1988, Blount County's first baby made his appearance at Blount Memorial Hospital. Katlin James Kimsey, who was born a…

Chaz Logan Hyde waited until 1:30 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 1) to make his appearance as Blount County's apparent first baby.

Ki Kalan made her appearance into the world at 2:14 p.m. Jan. 1, making her Blount County's first baby of the New Year. Her mother is Laura Ki…

It took a long time, but the first baby of 1992 is finally here.

Brian Ernest Brannum was born 12:50 a.m. New Year's Day, the first baby of 1993 born in Blount County, and the first at Blount Memorial Hospit…

Blount County's first baby of 1994 is apparently Brianna Lynn Murr, who was born at 2:11 a.m. Jan. 1 as the first baby born in the new year at…

Jaden McKenzie Ridings is the first child born at Blount memorial Hospital in 1995 and likely the first born in Blount County, although she di…

Gabriel Ellis Emert is the first baby born at Blount Memorial Hospital in the new year. Gabriel arrived at 1:16 a.m. Monday, Jan. 1, 1996, wei…

Dylan Ray McDaniel, Blount's first baby of 1997, arrived at 6:42 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1997, at Blount Memorial Hospital to Melinda and Bobb…

Mary Allison Stamey, held by her mother, entered the world at 4:57 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 1) , at Blount Memorial Hospital to become Blount Count…

Daniel Lee Hatcher arrived at 8:25 a.m. Jan. 1 at Blount Memorial Hospital. The 19-inch boy weighed in at 7 pounds, 3 ounces.

Briauna Alysa Jensen arrived at 11:20 a.m. Jan. 1, 2000, at Blount Memorial Hospital's Family Birthing Center. Twenty-one relatives and friend…

The first baby born at Blount Memorial Hospital in 2001 waited until Jan. 2 to arrive.

Blount Memorial Hospital's first baby of 2002 arrived at 5:40 p.m. New Year's Day.

Blount Memorial Hospital's first baby of 2003 wasted no time in making an appearance.

The first baby born in Blount County in 2004 arrived at 1:39 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, at Blount Memorial Hospital.

The stork has made its first Blount County delivery of the year.

The first baby of 2006 at Blount Memorial Hospital's Family Birthing Center arrived at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

Blount County's first baby of the New Year arrived at Blount Memorial Hospital at 3:50 p.m. on New Year's Day.

The first baby to be born in Blount County in 2008 arrived at 9:03 p.m. on New Year's Day at Blount Memorial Hospital.

Nikka Love coaxed her newborn girl to open her eyes.

Nora Grace Taylor came into the world at 4:28 a.m. Friday weighing 6 pounds, 1 ounce and measuring 19 inches long, the first baby born at Blou…

Long years have come and gone to us,

The first day of the new year came and went without a baby born in Blount County, but Ryker Daleray Massie arrived on the scene at Blount Memo…

Blount Memorial Hospital saw the arrival of its Baby New Year — the first baby born there — on Wednesday.

Nicole and Ben Wicker weren’t expecting the birth of their son, Jonah, to come for another two weeks. Not only did he arrive a little earlier …

Blount County’s Baby New Year 2015 stands out not only for being the first child born in the county this year, but also for an unusual name th…

It didn't take long for Blount County to welcome its first baby of 2016. Five hours and two minutes into the new year, Cayden Curtis Hamby was born at Blount Memorial Hospital.

Born at 7:50 a.m. Jan. 1, Sydney Grace Campbell may be a first for Blount County in 2017, but she's hardly a first for parents Brian and Amber Campbell.

Desiree Alton was up in the wee hours of the Jan. 1, but it wasn’t because she was still ringing in the New Year — or because she was cold. It…

Blount County's first baby of 2019 arrives in birth that came weeks earlier than planned.

Six and a half hours into the new year, Major Joseph Moore became the first baby born in Blount County in 2020.

A young person already made his mark in an equally adolescent year.