After winning a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot last year, a Trenton, New Jersey family is giving back through philanthropy, NJ.com reports. Pearlie Mae Smith and her seven adult children opted for a lump sum payment of $284 million. They divided the winnings eight ways, and each family member contributed a portion of their share to […]
The mother and seven children are investing in organizations that improve lives in their community.
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In the midst of all the excitement about the billion dollar Powerball, which has at least one winner in California at press time, at least one previous winner is finding that old adage of ‘More money, more problems’ to be true. Not only was Powerball winner Marie Holmes issued a criminal summons for making threats, […]
Here’s a trend I’d like to see take off in 2016 – minding your own business. In the social media era, that may be impossible, but it has become more and more obvious that folks are getting their entire lives off watching and commenting on the perceived downfall of others. Case in point: North Carolina […]
North Carolina lottery winner is spending more money – but this time it’s not to bail her alleged heroin dealer fiance out of jail. Marie Holmes, who won $188 million dollars with one of three winning tickets in the North Carolina Powerball lottery, donated $800,000 of those earnings to the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church […]
