Jessica Dotson

Jessica Dotson, 27, is the youngest of eight Monongalia County Tax Office employees to claim the $139 million cash option from the $276 million Powerball drawing held March 15.

"I was asleep when the phone rang at 1:14 a.m. Sunday morning," Dotson said.
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Since then, the normally quiet, shy Dotson has been on a whirlwind adventure.

"I am basically a shy person.I really do not like to be in the spotlight, so the past few days have been one big ‘Fear Factor' for me," said Dotson.

After she woke her parents and sister in the early hours of March 16, no one in the Dotson family could sleep.
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Like many people her age, Jessica Dotson had financial difficulties prior to her windfall and sought her parents' advice on handling her winnings.

"We talked about how to deal with this," she said.
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Word gets around in a small town, and many residents of Tyler County are happy for Dotson's stroke of luck â€" but Dotson said the money won't alter her plans.

"I don't want anything to change," she said.
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Dotson, who has been employed as a clerk in the Monongalia County Tax office for three years and was moved to full-time employment three months ago, shares the winnings with Linda Fominko, who has worked for the tax office 35 years; Amanda Pugh, 33, who has worked in the office three years; Paula Pride, 65, a 31-year employee; Andrea Grey, 37, a one-year employee; Judith Gapen, 58, a 14-year employee; Crystal Magro, 49, who has worked in the tax office nearly 16 years; and Allecia Priore, 36, a 10-year employee.