Markel Isaiah Flowers Jr. was born on June 12 at 1:11 p.m. to April Monroe of Crescent, Ga. and Markel Flowers of Midway. He was born at Liberty Regional Medical Center and weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 20-1/2 inches. His paternal grandparents are Alberta McKinney of Midway and Timothy Flowers of Enterprise, Ala.