No Contact Name On New SMS

I never noticed till I seen another post about not being able to see who sent me a sms text. I have looked in the other options from the previous post but my 8530 does not apear to have those settings any other ideas? Carrier is Us Cellular if that helps.
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In order to see the name of who is sending you an sms message instead of just the number you need to have that person and their number saved in your address book.
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jesusrocks wrote:
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