Ah I would venture to say that I am the only person on this site from West Virginia. My lovely state has given the world:
George Brett baseball player, Glendale
Pearl S. Buck author, Hillsboro
Phyllis Curtin soprano, Clarksburg
Joanne Dru actress, Logan
Thomas Stonewall Jackson Confederate general, Clarksburg
John S. Knight publisher, Bluefield
Don Knotts actor, Morgantown
Peter Marshall TV host, Huntington
Kathy Mattea country music, South Charleston
Alfred Moore jurist, Molinosville
Mary Lou Retton gymnast, Fairmont
Walter Reuther labor leader, Wheeling
Eleanor Steber soprano, Wheeling
Lewis L. Strauss naval officer and scientist, Charleston
Cyrus Vance government official, Clarksburg
Chuck Yeager test pilot and Air Force general, Myra
Steve Yeager baseball player, Huntington
Brad Paisley, Country singer, I forget
http://www.50states.com/wvirgini.htm......The Mothman Prophecies
......The chick that stars on Alias....I forgot her name - bad me!
Not to mention (if you overlook most of the idiots) we are almost Heaven!