Southern Standard readers are invited to extend happy birthday and anniversary best wishes to friends and loved ones through this weekly column. Please submit your messages by our noon deadline each Thursday. No more than three wishes to any individual, please. Happy Birthday Wishes: May 12 ‘ Alvin Parker, happy birthday, we love you. From all your family. May 16 ‘ Alex Parker, happy 12th birthday. We love you baby, Mama and Hailey. May 16 ‘ Happy birthday Alex, we love you and wish you many more. Nana, Papa and all your family. May 16 ‘ Howard Parker, happy birthday to a great husband, dad and papa. We love you and wish you many more. Love, Pat, all your girls, grandchildren and great-grandbaby. May 21 ‘ Happy 8th birthday to Shawn Duncan, a very special boy. Love, Uncle James and Grandma. May 21 ‘ Happy 43, 53, or 103 to Cynthia Renee Griffith! You’re older than dirt. Love, your much younger friend, Pam W. May 24 ‘ Happy birthday Shirley Holt. Love you lots, your sister, Anna Sue. May 24 ‘ Birthday wishes to Shirley Holt. Love, your friend, Ann Pursley. May 24 ‘ Happy birthday Shirley. Love, Tim and Tammy Buckner, Pokie, too! May 24 ‘ Happy birthday to two of my best friends, Anna Sue Cutts and Shirley Holt. Love, Ann Pursley. May 25 ‘ Taylor Tittsworth, happy 16th birthday! Love, all the family. May 26 ‘ Kilynn, happy 4th birthday. Love, Charlie, Deanna, Jamaine, Brandon, Mom, Dad and Granny. May 26 ‘ Happy 4th birthday Kilynn. From your baby sister, Kia’Ann. May 28 ‘ Dorotha Tittsworth, special birthday wishes to you. Love, your family. May 29 ‘ Happy birthday, Wilma, a dear sister-in-law. I love you, Estelle. May 29 ‘ Wilma Powers, wishing you a happy birthday and hope you have many more, Love, sister Wavie, and niece Jewell. May 29 ‘ Happy birthday wishes to the best mom ever, Wilma Powers. Love, Jan, Patsy and Frankie. May 30 ‘ David Byars, happy birthday Dad! Love, Linus and Cesely. Happy Anniversary Wishes: May 12 ‘ Beau and Danielle Lowe, happy anniversary, we love ya’ll. From your baby girl, Halle, and all your family. May 26 ‘ Happy anniversary Kristy and Ronald. Love you, Dustin and Brandy. May 26 ‘ Kristy and Ronald Clendenon, happy anniversary Mom and Dad. Love, Chelsey and Wesley. May 26 ‘ Anniversary wishes to Kristy an Ronald. We love you, Phillip, Evelyn and Granny Martin. May 30 ‘ Pam Welch, happy 27th anniversary. May God always be in our lives. Love always, Tony. May 30 ‘ Judy and Anthony Tittsworth, happy 40th anniversary. Love, all your family and friends.