Lillian Gordy Carter Nursing in honor of the work she did in India. The Atlanta Regional Office of the Peace Corps has named an award in her honor for volunteers over 50 who make the biggest contribution. When Jimmy Carter decided to run for president, his mother was one of the first people he told. He was initially regarded as a dark horse candidate for the Democratic Party nomination. Lillian Carter was well known as "Miss Lillian" and she published two books during his Presidency, "Miss Lillian and Friends" and "Away from Home: Letters to my Family", both published in 1977. The latter
USS Lillian II (SP-38) on 20 July 1917 with Ensign S. Cohen, USNRF, in command. Assigned to the 3rd Naval District at New York City, "Lillian II" operated as a shore patrol boat in Great South Bay on the southern coast of Long Island, New York. The Navy decommissioned "Lillian II" on 19 December 1917 and returned her to her owner on 20 December 1917. USS Lillian II (SP-38) USS "Lillian II" (SP-38) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel in 1917. "Lillian II" was built in 1909 by Willard Downes at Bayshore, New York, as