Roy and Heather Pate are proud to announce the birth of their son, River Wade Pate, born on July 23, 2015, weighing 7 pounds and 2 ounces, and 19 and a quarter inches long.

He is the brother to Addison Pate and Gunner Pate.

He is the grandson of Stacey Ellis, Dale Tucker, Roy Pate Sr., and Murray and Jan Barfield, all of Moultrie.

He is the great-grandson of Dolores Cooper and the late Leon Cooper, Albert and Carolyn McAlpin, all of Moultire, and Darrel and Faye Tucker, of Sylvester.