Lillian Gordy Carter Lillian Gordy Carter Bessie Lillian Gordy Carter (August 15, 1898 – October 30, 1983) was the mother of former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. She was also known for her contributions to nursing in her home state of Georgia and as a Peace Corps volunteer in India as well as writing two books during the Carter presidency. Carter was born Bessie Lillian Gordy on August 15, 1898 in Richland, Georgia, to James Jackson Gordy (1863–1948) and Mary Ida Nicholson Gordy (1871–1951). She was the niece of Berry Gordy, Sr., who was the paternal half-brother of James Jackson Gordy
Lillian Tindyebwa "Looking for my Mother" is published in a FEMRITE anthology, "A Woman’s Voice". Other short stories in FEMRITE anthologies are: "Hard Truth" in "Words from a Granary", "Endless Distance" in "World of their Own", "Just a Note" and "Gift of a Letter", included in "Talking Tales. True life stories of women", also published in FEMRITE anthologies are "Betrayed by Fate", "Beyond the Dance and the Music", which are about FGM in Kapchorwa, Eastern Uganda, and "Dance with a Wolf" in "I Dare to Say". She facilitated a writing workshop at Littworld 2012, in Nairobi. Lillian Tindyebwa Lillian Tindyebwa is a