Okay, here is the updated list of Famous West Virginians. Man, the phones have been on fire with this topic.

FAMOUS WEST VIRGINIANS

1. Chris Sarandon (Actor)
2. Seth McClung (Major League Baseball Player)
3. Lil Jimmie Dickens (Country Music Hall of Famer)
4. Don Knotts (Actor)
5. Jerry West (Basketball Legend)
6. Jessco White (The Dancing Outlaw)
7. Jennifer Garner (Actress)
8. Morgan Spurlock (Filmmaker)
9. Cynthia Rylant (Childrens Book Author)
10. Homer Hickham (Author/Rocket Boy)
11. Robert C. Byrd (Politician)
12. Brad Paisley (Country Music Star)
13. Peter Marshall (Game Show Host)
14. John Corbett (Actor)
15. Henry O' Godwin (Pro Wrestler)
16. Dylan Summers (Pro Wrestler/Necro Butcher)
17. Soupy Sales (graduated from Huntington High School)
18. Pearl S. Buck (author The Good Earth)
19. Michael W. Smith (born in Kenova)
20. Conchata Ferrell (born in Charleston and went to WVU - 2 1/2 men and Mystic Pizza!)
21. Biship T.D. Jakes (born in South Charleston)
22. Anna Jarvis (the lady who made Mothers Day a national holiday!)
23. Red Sovine (he sang that country song "Teddy Bear" about the trucker & little boy talking on the CB radio)
24. Russ McCubbin (I have an autographed picture of him when he did an appearance at Cowboy White Chrysler Plymouth Dodge)
25. Joyce Dewitt (Janet Wood on Three's Company)
26. Lou Holtz (football coach)
27. Booker T. Washington
28. Kathy Mattea (country singer)
29. Dreama Denver (Bob Denver's wife)
30. George Brett (Rick, did you not know this???)
31. Ann Magnuson (actress)
32. Bill Withers ("Lean On Me" He is from Slab Fork)
33. Kristan Cunningham (HGTV "Design on a Dime" host...she's from BOONE COUNTY!)
34. Lesli Kay (she plays Felicia Forester on The Bold and the Beautiful)
35. Mary Lou Retton (gymnanst)
36. Randy Moss
37. John Forbes Nash (mathmatical genius!)
38. Jack Canfield (author of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books)
39. Patsy Ramsey (Jon Benet Ramsey's mom)
40. Jessica Lynch (army girl captured in Iraq)
41. Tamar Slay (former NBA player/WWHS graduate/currently playing pro basketball in Italy & is now married and has a son...this according to his mom who stopped by Lola's remote today)
42. Jay Rockefeller (politician/really, really rich guy)
43. Mike D'Antoni (head coach of the New York Knicks)
44. O.J. Mayo (Huntington grad/currently playing in the NBA)
45. Tony Hunsuckle (Pro Boxer)
46. John Kruk (Former Pro baseball player/ESPN analyst)
47. Chuck Yeager (astronaut)
48. Jack Whittaker (lottery winner/multi-millionaire/train-wreck)
49. Marion McClane (creator of “Grandparents Day)

Alright, there you have it. We will continue compiling this list tomorrow morning on the Early Show. Call us with your additions. Until next time...

What the heck have you done lately?

Rick out