Heard abt this from CNN...
A 55-year-old West Virginia grandfather has been verified as the sole winner of the national Powerball lottery worth $314.9 million (December 26)
SCOTT DEPOT, West Virginia (AP) -- Work, family and God have long been the three most important things in Andrew Jackson "Jack" Whittaker Jr.'s life.
A $113.4 million Powerball payout from the Multi-State Lottery Association is doing nothing to change that.
Whittaker, 55, is a millionaire contractor whose three businesses often require him to work 90-hour weeks.
Whittaker says he has few plans for himself but wants to lavish his winnings on Ginger and his granddaughter, Brandi Bragg, 15.
As an adult, Whittaker has always tithed 10 percent of his earnings to his church, the Church of God. He now plans to provide $17 million, or 10 percent of his gross lottery winnings, to three Church of God pastors.
"Those three pastors have stood by us when we were sick, prayed for us when we were in need and comforted us when were afflicted," Whittaker said. "They've touched our lives, and I'd trust them with anything I have."
Waiting at Yeager Airport in Charleston for a Thursday night flight to New York City, where he was scheduled to appear on Friday morning news shows, Whittaker credited faith for his lottery win.
"My life has been blessed since I was a teenager," he said. "I've always had plenty of work, plenty of whatever I've wanted. I've always felt blessed to be alive, even when I've been sick or my family members have been sick."
"I truly believe this is an opportunity for me to give testimony about tithing and spreading wealth," Whittaker said before driving to the airport from his two-story brick home in a Scott Depot development.
Malachi 2:10
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
God prospers us and we can be a blessing to others!
A 55-year-old West Virginia grandfather has been verified as the sole winner of the national Powerball lottery worth $314.9 million (December 26)
SCOTT DEPOT, West Virginia (AP) -- Work, family and God have long been the three most important things in Andrew Jackson "Jack" Whittaker Jr.'s life.
A $113.4 million Powerball payout from the Multi-State Lottery Association is doing nothing to change that.
Whittaker, 55, is a millionaire contractor whose three businesses often require him to work 90-hour weeks.
Whittaker says he has few plans for himself but wants to lavish his winnings on Ginger and his granddaughter, Brandi Bragg, 15.
As an adult, Whittaker has always tithed 10 percent of his earnings to his church, the Church of God. He now plans to provide $17 million, or 10 percent of his gross lottery winnings, to three Church of God pastors.
"Those three pastors have stood by us when we were sick, prayed for us when we were in need and comforted us when were afflicted," Whittaker said. "They've touched our lives, and I'd trust them with anything I have."
Waiting at Yeager Airport in Charleston for a Thursday night flight to New York City, where he was scheduled to appear on Friday morning news shows, Whittaker credited faith for his lottery win.
"My life has been blessed since I was a teenager," he said. "I've always had plenty of work, plenty of whatever I've wanted. I've always felt blessed to be alive, even when I've been sick or my family members have been sick."
"I truly believe this is an opportunity for me to give testimony about tithing and spreading wealth," Whittaker said before driving to the airport from his two-story brick home in a Scott Depot development.
Malachi 2:10
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
God prospers us and we can be a blessing to others!
