Baby Bears

UPIKE Associate Professor of Accounting and Coordinator of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program Lois White ’04 and her husband Jesse welcomed their first child, Emmett Lee, on January 7, weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces. The couple own and operate a small business, Independent Metal Works, LLC, in Prestonsburg, Ky.

Andrea McCullum Mejia, D.O., Pharm.D., KYCOM ’16 and her husband, Juan Carlos (J.C.) Mejia Garces, M.D., welcomed their son, Sebastian Andrew Mejia McCullum, on June 27, 2020, weighing 5 pounds, 10 ounces. After completing her internal medicine residency, Andrea is now training in a rheumatology fellowship in Hudson, Fla., and J.C. is a primary care physician for VIPCare in Lutz, Fla. UPIKE Associate Professor of Accounting and Coordinator of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program Lois White ’04 and her husband Jesse welcomed their first child, Emmett Lee, on January 7, weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces. The couple own and operate a small business, Independent Metal Works, LLC, in Prestonsburg, Ky.

UPIKE Associate Head Coach and Director of Football Operations Justin Lamb ’09 and his wife Brittany Lamb ’13, MBA ’16, owner of Hook, Line and Social Media Marketing Agency and The Mod Chic Boutique in Prestonsburg, Ky., welcomed their daughter, Evvy James, on February 1, weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces.

CEO of Mountain Metal Recyclables in Prestonsburg, Ky., Mason McCoy ’14 and former TV news reporter for CBS affiliate WYMT-TV MaryAnn Fletcher ’16 welcomed their son, Theodore “Teddy Bear” Barron McCoy, on May 5, 2020, weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces. The couple met in 2012 during an introduction to communication class at the university and reside in Pikeville. Fletcher says she is happy to raise her own little bear in the mountains.