Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, October 13, 1993 TAG: 9310130019
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DOUG LESMERISES STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Luckily for them, she prevailed.
The retired Galax couple was announced Tuesday as the sole winners of a $7,080,022 jackpot. They'll split the prize with their daughter, Patricia Anders Shaffner of Roanoke.
They received their first payment Tuesday of $240,734 after taxes. They'll receive 19 annual payments of $240,720.
The family hasn't yet made many plans for spending the money.
"We're still thinking about it," said Shaffner. "We were planning a trip for the summer and it will be nice to have a little extra money for that. Mom and Dad may do a few repairs on their house. We're very practical."
The Anders bought three tickets Oct. 2 at Gladeville Grocery in Galax near the end of a drive home from a visit with Shaffner.
Earnest was tired and eager to get home. He wouldn't even get out of the car.
Ina insisted on the stop: "I knew we were going to win the lottery Saturday night," she said. She said she seldom got the feeling, and a previous time when she had she won $61.
The winning numbers of 16, 19, 23, 33, 36 and 38 were picked at random by the lottery computer.
The Anders and Shaffner are regular players who often use the computer to pick their numbers.
Shaffner got a late-night call from her father a few minutes after the Oct. 2 drawing. He said he had won the lottery. Shaffner wasn't convinced.
"No way Dad won the lottery," she said. "He must have gotten them [the numbers] wrong."
Even after confirming the numbers the next day, the family was secretive about the win. No other family members were told.
But others grew suspicious after Earnest Anders made three visits to Roanoke within a week to consult with his daughter.
"My daughter Kim asked if they had won the lottery," Shaffner said. But she told Kim that her grandfather was coming to Roanoke for medical appointments.
For Shaffner, winning was a new experience: "The only other thing I won was 50 cents when I was 6 years old, tap dancing at a birthday."
by CNB