HOOVER -- Samuel Gabriel Eugene Hoover, a boy, was born at 6:53 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Jeremy and Teia Hoover, Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces at birth. He joins siblings Justin, McKienze and Caleb. Maternal grandparents are E.J. and Teresa Johnson, Walker, Missouri. Paternal grandparents are Connie Simons, Fort Scott, and James Hoover, Joplin, Mo. Maternal great-grandparents are Dorothy Cheatham, Olympia, Wash. and Leland and Karen Johnson, Greenwood, Iowa. Paternal grandparents are Forestine Hoover, Fort Scott, and Cleland and Mary Allen, Fort Scott.