Text messaging only displays phone numbers even though party is in contacts. Why?

Hi. When I receive a text, the display only shows the person's phone number, not their name. These people are in my contacts. Is this a setting that I've missed? How can I have the phone display the name instead of the number?

Are you with Verizon? if you are from your phone hit *228 to update.

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Hi, HPYUNBDAY! Are you only getting this behavior with the text messages? Have you tried checking the messaging settings of the phone specifically the incoming notifications?
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