Baptist Union County Welcomes 2023 New Year’s Baby

NEW ALBANY, Miss., January 4, 2023 – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County welcomed the first baby of the New Year born on January 2, 2023. Charlee Genevieve Smith, officially the first baby to be born in 2023 at Baptist Union County, arrived at 12:29 am and was delivered by Dr. Ellen Paquin.

The proud parents are Summer and Nathaniel Smith of Blue Mountain, Mississippi, and big sister is Isabella Watkins. Charlee weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces.

In commemoration of being the first baby born in the New Year, Baptist Union County presented the family with a gift bag containing a variety of baby items as well as a car seat. Each year, Baptist Union County delivers approximately 900 babies, serving a variety of counties including Union, Pontotoc, Tippah, Benton, Marshall and Lee counties.

Baptist Union County offers a variety of services, including adult and pediatric inpatient care, sleep lab, maternity, surgery, a 24-hour emergency department and diagnostics. The hospital also has PET/CT, 3D mammography, TeleHealth services and an eICU. Baptist Union County has an excellent reputation for providing quality care and recently earned an “A” Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group and Outstanding Patient Experience and Patient Safety Excellence awards from Healthgrades.

For more information about Baptist Union County, please call 662-538-7631 or visit unioncounty.baptistonline.org.