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Reported by James Gordon for Action News 10, October 13, 1993.
A Mobile-area couple suddenly finds themselves millionaires after hitting a winning lottery number.
50-year-old Johnny and his wife Rebecca, originally from Mobile and Fairhope, had been married for 20 years and were raising seven children when their lives changed overnight. The couple will receive $189,000 a year before taxes for the next 20 years, making them the latest Alabama lottery winners.
Johnny's sister Ruby, who worked at a cleaners in Prichard, shares her reaction to her brother's incredible good fortune. The couple says they hope to buy a mobile home and move back to Fairhope.
James Gordon takes a humorous look at the couple's plans, their family connections in Fairhope, and what happens when an ordinary family suddenly becomes wealthy.
Reported by James Gordon for Action News 10, October 13, 1993.
A Mobile-area couple suddenly finds themselves millionaires after hitting a winning lottery number.
50-year-old Johnny and his wife Rebecca, originally from Mobile and Fairhope, had been married for 20 years and were raising seven children when their lives changed overnight. The couple will receive $189,000 a year before taxes for the next 20 years, making them the latest Alabama lottery winners.
Johnny's sister Ruby, who worked at a cleaners in Prichard, shares her reaction to her brother's incredible good fortune. The couple says they hope to buy a mobile home and move back to Fairhope.
James Gordon takes a humorous look at the couple's plans, their family connections in Fairhope, and what happens when an ordinary family suddenly becomes wealthy.
