Are Any Famous People From Your Hometown?

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I'm sure that the majority of you have probably never heard of Jasper, Alabama, which is my hometown. There are a few famous people from here, though. You have probably heard of "George Smith Lindsay". If the name doesn't ring a bell, he is a comedian and he played "Goober" on "The Andy Griffith Show" for many years. He also played on "Hee Haw",which was a country music show that also featured a lot of hayseed humor out of Nashville, Tennessee. He is from here. If you watched any of these shows very much, I'm sure you heard him talk about Jasper quite a bit. He was talking about Jasper, Alabama. George also went to high school with my brother. Also, Tallulah Bankhead was from here. She is an old actress who was in a lot of old movies. She died in 1964. I think that's right. She's been dead a long time, anyway. She was well known for calling everybody "dahling!" Her daddy, "William Bankhead", was a United States Senator. Before my family and I moved into the house where I live now, we lived down the street from the house where Tallulah grew up. It's a big house and very pretty! Very antebellum! Another famous person who lived here for a short time is "Sandy Posey". She was a singer, popular in the '60s. If you were a teenager in that era, you might remember her. You might still remember her if you were not a teenager in that era, lol. She had hits with songs like "Born A Woman", "Single Girl", "I Take It Back", to name a few. You can check her out on youtube. The last I heard, she is either living in Memphis or Nashville. I don't remember which. Are there any famous people from your hometown?