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 Lorraine into an ascendance, which made her one of the most popular attractions in his Follies. In 1909, Ziegfeld pulled the 17-year-old Lorraine from the chorus line in that year’s production of "Miss Innocence", spotlighting her as a solo performer who became celebrated for introducing the song, "By the Light of the Silvery Moon". In his book "Scandals and Follies", author Lee Davis writes that, "By 1911, [Ziegfeld] was insanely in love with Lillian Lorraine and would remain so, to one degree or another, for the rest of his life, despite her erratic, irresponsible, often senseless behavior, her multiple marriages to