Carter passes at 100: Local leaders respond to a President's passing
Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter work on a Habitat for Humanity house. The two spent one week every year helping build or renovate a home.
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Former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100. Carter served one term as the 39th president starting in 1977. After his presidency he continued his humanitarian work, starting a non-profit with his wife and working closely with Habitat for Humanity.
Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter. The two have the longest marriage in the presidential history. Rosalynn died in 2023.
R\Former President Jimmy Carter reaches into crowds of people to shake hands. 13th District State Rep. Tom Dent said he admired how Carter spoke to citizens and often made time to do so, with his wife and himself even riding in economy and talking with people on the plane.
Former President Jimmy Carter was the oldest living former U.S. President, surviving to be 100 before dying at home on Sunday. Carter was in hospice care for two years.
The TV screen lights up with former President Jimmy Carter’s image. Carter grew up as a peanut farmer in Georgia, went to school, joined the navy, started into politics, became president then spent the rest of his life trying to help others with his nonprofit and volunteer work.
PLAINS, Ga. — Former 39th President Jimmy Carter died at 100 years of age Sunday. Carter, a Georgia peanut farmer, began his presidency in 1977 after he defeated 39th President Gerald R. Ford in the General Election. Carter served one term and left office in 1981 after losing to Ronald Reagan, but his service afterward is what earned him a reputation as a statesman.
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