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
Miss Mary Lillian Duke Miss Mary Lillian Duke Miss Mary Lillian Duke is a 1911 oil on canvas painting by the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla. The painting is part of the collection of the Nasher Museum of Art in Durham. It depicts a portrait of Mary Lillian Duke Biddle(1887-1960), when she was 24 years of age and decided to have a portrait painting of her own. The portrait was painted inside a park, with one of Mary's hand resting on the pedestal of a statue while the other holds a black hat. She was wearing a scarf of the same color that falls on