Andy and Melissa Strickland announce the birth of their son William Mason.

Strickland Nov. 1 at Athens Regional Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. He is the grandson of Hal and Becky Dally of Social Circle and Kay Strickland and the late Billy Strickland of Oxford. Great-grandmother is Annette Polston of Lilburn.