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 Beard Lillian Beard Lillian McLean Beard (born 1943), is a pediatrician and has served as a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics. With the mission of reaching patients within their homes, Lillian M. Beard utilized various forms of mass communication, from magazine publications to television news sources, to reach the homes of innumerable women. Lillian McLean was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Beard decided at an early age to pursue medicine. Living with single mother, Woodie McLean, and a younger sister, McLean was dedicated to her studies from the beginning of her formal education. Traveling two hours each