Lillian Gordy Carter former president was diagnosed with cancer in 2015, at the age of 90. In 2010, he had a severe stomach ache which was mistaken as that disease. He has been a fund-raiser and booster for research into a cure for the disease. In 2001, a major nursing center was dedicated in her honor in Plains by Jimmy Carter in recognition of her first years of service to the community as a nurse. In 2011 she was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement. Lillian Gordy Carter Bessie Lillian Gordy Carter (August 15, 1898 – October 30, 1983) was the mother
Lillian Alling was Rochester, New York, she was a Catholic, she was 30 years old, and had been born in Poland. In 1927, Lillian travelled across Canada and made it to Hazelton, British Columbia. After a brief arrest and stint in jail, Lillian headed north again. The following is an excerpt from Calvin Rutstrum's book, "The New Way of the Wilderness" (1958): An excerpt from Susan Smith-Josephy's book "Lillian Alling: the journey home" (2011) gives one possibility for Lillian's fate:In spite of strained relations between the US and the Soviet Union in 1929, the Native people of both countries still travelled regularly